Jobs Back on the Job?
by John Paczkowski
Posted on June 22, 2009 at 5:37 PM PT
“Steve continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there’s nothing further to say.”
– Apple spokeswoman Katie Cotton
A quote from Steve Jobs in an Apple press release this morning and a handful of media reports claiming he has been spotted at Apple HQ over the past few days are raising hopes that the CEO may have officially returned to work.
It’s not clear yet whether these sightings are freak occurrences or if Jobs has indeed come back to work full-time, but we are nearing the end of June, the date at which his medical leave from the company was to conclude. Certainly, it’s conceivable that he’s slowly ramping up for a formal return.
Apple (AAPL) has not yet returned a request for comment.
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Comments
Whatever.
Posted by Dave Barnes at June 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 pmWhile I think Steve Jobs is one of the most important CEOs ever, I do not think he is irreplaceable.
Tom Watson, Alfred Sloan, Henry Ford, Kiichiro Toyoda, Yataro Iwasaki, Gottlieb Daimler, Henri Nestlé, etc. DIED.
Yet, their companies live.