There's some more news today on the stock options story. According to AppleInsider, it has been suggested that Steve gave Pixar director John Lasseter a questionable, backdated stock option bonus. I must admit that I haven't really paid much attention to this story, mostly because it's still speculation and hearsay at this point. So we'll see where it goes. For now, though, it's still news.
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2-12-2007 @ 1:15PM
Jim Hillhouse said...
This is old news and based on an WSJ article about Pixar renewing John Lasseter's contract in 2000 or 2001. In the article, Jobs is mentioned in passing, suggesting that his name was injected by the writer to drum up readership.
The real meat of the article is in the last 3 or 4 paragraphs where it becomes clear that the real person with troubles is likely Lasseter, as he failed to declare the share options in the prescribed time and not doing so until 84 days too late, where as at previous times, he had disclosed his stock options well in advance of the deadline.
The actual article was more in line with something Business Week would write than what I would have expected from the WSJ. But, as they say, times are a changin' and so it seems are the standards of the WSJ when it comes to Jobs.
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