CEO of the Decade

Fortune Magazine has named Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, as the CEO of the Decade. That’s really extraordinary, especially considering that he stands alongside Google’s Schmidt, Buffet, and Gates.

After being booted out of the company 80s, he returned back in the 90s, survived two brushes with death, and some other challenges – and despite all of this Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in Silicon Valley./

Apple products like the iMac, MacBook, iPod, and iPhone are becoming household names, and have expanded far beyond the tech and creative communities. Apple is a culture. A Tribe. And it’s only going to get bigger, and better.

Fortune says:

He’s a visionary, but he’s grounded in reality too, closely monitoring Apple’s various operational and market metrics. He isn’t motivated by money, says friend Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle (ORCL, Fortune 500). Rather, Jobs is understandably driven by a visceral ardor for Apple, his first love (to which he returned after being spurned — proof that you can go home again) and the vehicle through which he can be both an arbiter of cool and a force for changing the world.

You can read the complete article here.

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