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Fortune names Jobs "CEO of the Decade"

Forbes Fortune bestowed a significant honor on Steve Jobs today, naming him their CEO of the Decade. Fortune outlines the incredible leaps in business, technology and industry Apple has made since Steve's return. For anyone who might not remember, the 90's were not kind to Apple and nearly everyone thought the company was finished.

Consider this incredible fact: Apple launched OS X and iTunes, opened the first two retail stores and introduced the first iPod ... all in the same year (2001). Fortune also goes on to describe how Steve changed the film industry with Pixar, the music industry with the iTunes Store and the cell phone industry with the iPhone and the App Store.

He also kicked cancer's ass.

This is precisely why I'm excited about the prospect of a new piece of hardware from Apple. I won't call it a tablet because that's not what it will be. Apple didn't invent the digital music player, the mobile phone or mass distribution of media. But, they did demonstrate how to do those things the right way, which no one else could come up with.

If there's a new product coming, comparing it to contemporary tablets or netbooks is a huge mistake, because it won't behave like any of them.

Click below to watch Fortunes' video on this announcement.

[Via MacDailyNews]


Forbes Fortune bestowed a significant honor on Steve Jobs today, naming him their CEO of the Decade. Fortune outlines the incredible leaps...
 

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mabhatter

it's crowd-sourced editing!

November 06 2009 at 8:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ianlive

Agreed. Joanna, you might enjoy your day more if you changed your perspective a bit. Everything can be seen from more than one angle and a few people here have noticed that you tend to be a bit gloomy.

Cheer up! Life's short and computers are more powerful and amazing than ever. Have fun!

November 06 2009 at 11:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ken williams

He's also secretly chuck noris' father.

November 05 2009 at 8:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
snapper

Took the words right out of my mouth!!

November 05 2009 at 6:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hunglyka

Do you EVER have anything positive to say?

November 05 2009 at 4:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Martin

He also made black the new black so long as it's on a turtleneck :)

Has Fortune done a CEO of the decade before now? I can't find any record of it, but Steve is a good place to start.

November 05 2009 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

"He also kicked cancer's a**."

I LOL'd when I read that. Although, given everything Steve has accomplished in the last decade, it's no wonder people think so highly of him.

November 05 2009 at 3:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
superpixel

I fixed it, things happen, thanks for the love.

November 05 2009 at 2:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sodapop

Sometimes I wish this site had a like/dislike rating system (that also acts like a bookmark system for the articles you like). I would have checked this "like"

November 05 2009 at 2:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
superpixel

Meh, they'll both be out of business shortly. Fixed the mix-up.

November 05 2009 at 2:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Sam SEO Montreal

Haha agreed
nice article on Fortune, really like the end of it, feels emotional... Ok that's fanboyism :)

November 06 2009 at 8:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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