Apple Names Art Levinson Chairman, Disney's Bob Iger Joins Board of Directors
Apple today announced that Art Levinson has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors. The former Genentech executive has served on Apple's board since 2000 and has been a co-lead director since 2005. In addition, Disney president and CEO Bob Iger has been named to the board.“Art has made enormous contributions to Apple since he joined the board in 2000,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “He has been our longest serving co-lead director, and his insight and leadership are incredibly valuable to Apple, our employees and our shareholders.”Levinson had served on all three of the board's committees, and will continue to serve on the audit committee following his elevation to chairman. Iger will also serve on the audit committee.
“Bob and I have gotten to know one another very well over the past few years and on behalf of the entire board, we think he is going to make an extraordinary addition to our already very strong board,” said Tim Cook. “His strategic vision for Disney is based on three fundamentals: generating the best creative content possible, fostering innovation and utilizing the latest technology, and expanding into new markets around the world which makes him a great fit for Apple.”
Disney and Apple have a relatively close relationship given that Disney had purchased Pixar back in 2006 when it was owned by Steve Jobs. Jobs had subsequently served on Disney's board of directors and was the company's largest individual shareholder.
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DIS Mkt cap 64.23B
AAPL Mkt cap 361.38B
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I think they can afford it:D
Apple's Market Cap has nothing to do with whether they can afford to acquire Disney.
So after Steve's death all this dude's done is change the company all over. I'd be kinda pissed if I owned stock. Comment doesn't really relate to this event, just that we keep seeing these stories again and again.
If you read the Steve Jobs biography you'd know that he really respected both Levinson and Iger. Steve was the largest shareholder of Disney, and worked directly with Iger to facilitate Disney's purchase of Pixar in 2006. So to imply that making Levinson chairman and adding Iger to the board are things that Steve would have disagreed with is just wrong.
Steve's dead. He's nothing.
If you meant "Steve wasn't an idiot", then say that.
Well, if the rumoured "even thinner" 15" MacBook comes with an external USB 3.0 Blu-ray Disc burner - then we'll know that Tim got the message.
If it's a bigger MacBook Air, Tim didn't get the message.
The world beyond the end of your nose must be a deeply confusing, troubling place for you.
Steve's requests are clearly being honored by all parties involved.
He left this world with a 4+ year product pipeline, surely he left with a decent long term/short term leadership strategy as well.
MBA Tim needs to "do what's right", in spite of the late turtlenecked overlord's peeves. Supporting Blu-ray Disc (BD) would be one way of pleasing many Apple customers, and incidentally making a statement that Tim listens to those customers.
And of course, what "Tim needs to do what's right" is what YOU want him to do.Personally, I hope Apple senior management continues to realize that including Blu-ray support will not help the company's gross margins.
Apple Inc. can help kill off shiny discs. The sooner it happens, the world will be a better place.
Die, optical media, die.
I'm still waiting for my invite to join the board. :D
PM sent...:cool:
J/k
Dale
So after Steve's death all this dude's done is change the company all over. I'd be kinda pissed if I owned stock. Comment doesn't really relate to this event, just that we keep seeing these stories again and again.
I own the stock and I'm glad to see this move. It helps to address the giant hole in the board left by Steve.
Many of the organizational changes since Steve's death will help to compensate for his absence and is a very good sign of Cook being proactive in moving forward.
But probably only for a very limited future....
If anything is a constant in high tech - it's that nothing is constant.
In six months, following advice from the late turtlenecked overlord may be a mistake. In twelve months, it will be a mistake.
In 24 months, if the Apple execs are still following Jobs' plan I hope that they've established generous golden parachutes for themselves.
Steve's not an idiot. There is evidence all over that he spent a lot of time in the last year or two structuring the future of Apple, future recruitment, and the current employees to bring people in line with his thinking and how he saw the world. Tim Cook said Steve had told him never to think "what would Steve would do", but to "do what's right". I believe Steve realized it would be more visionary to bring people in line with his thinking, and not make them follow a series of inflexible plans.
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