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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Ballmer went on to run Microsoft for the next 14 years.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Ballmer went on to run Microsoft for the next 14 years.

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