The founder of Apple and tech visionary, maybe shouldn’t speak badly of the dead but a man who is held up as a modern icon and guru for people to aspire to may have in fact been not very nice at all, any truth in this ???.
Have also read that its rumoured he never gave to charity except cancer charity when he was diagnosed and when he couldn’t be cured, so he stopped his donations, now this from a Wall street billionaire.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/julian-robertson-sells-apple-because-steve-jobs-was-mean-2013-10
“I came to the conclusion that it was unlikely that a man as really awful as I think that Steve Jobs was, could possibly create a great company for the long term. I just don’t believe bad guys ”” do well in the long run,” Robertson said.
He added, “How can you create a great organisation of people and be that mean a person?”
The fact that Jobs was a, shall we say, demanding boss was not news. It was known for years.
Have also read that its rumoured he never gave to charity except cancer charity when he was diagnosed and when he couldn’t be cured, so he stopped his donations, now this from a Wall street billionaire.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/julian-robertson-sells-apple-because-steve-jobs-was-mean-2013-10
“I came to the conclusion that it was unlikely that a man as really awful as I think that Steve Jobs was, could possibly create a great company for the long term. I just don’t believe bad guys ”” do well in the long run,” Robertson said.
He added, “How can you create a great organisation of people and be that mean a person?”
The fact that Jobs was a, shall we say, demanding boss was not news. It was known for years.
