Though co-founder Larry Page is taking over from chief executive Eric Schmidt at Google, Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs has had no choice but to hand over day-to-day running of Apple to COO Tim Cook.
I can’t help but to observe a parallel between the “triumvirate” at Google, and the trio at Apple.
- Eric Schmidt – Tim Cook (the professional manager)
- Sergey Brin – Steve Wozniak (co-founder, co-innovator, who is more comfortable inventing stuff)
- Larry Page – Steve Jobs (co-founder, more hands-on founder who wants to personally steer the company)
Whether Larry Page can be as successful as Steve Jobs is not proven yet, thought that must be what he’s aspiring to.
Indeed, that’s how companies are run. you need the visionary and the manager.
Many visionaries have tried to also run the company and have crashed the company. But Steve Jobs is an exception and I bet Larry Page believes he is another.
Only time will tell.
Tags: Apple, Eric Schmidt, Google, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Tim Cook
The titans of the IT world. Watching the industry is like watching reality show called “Clash of the Titans”.
Yeah, increasingly you’re seeing charismatic heads of companies personally pushing products and assuming the face of the companies they are heading.
“Microsoft says …”, “Apple launched …”, “Google announced …” is so passe.
It’s “Steve Balmer says …”, “Tim Cook launched …”, “Larry Page announced …”, “Zuckerberg unveiled …” now — even for the man in the street who didn’t used to care who headed the companies making the products they buy.
Gosh, never occurred to me to see it like that. But now that you mention it, the “parallels” are uncanny!
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