Steve Jobs has been having health problems for a long time now, and officially went on medical leave last winter — a move that has had many people worrying about what would happen were he to step down. Even technically on leave, he’s said to play a major part in Apple’s decisions.
Now the WSJ is reporting that ever since he stood down, some Apple higher-ups has been thinking about who would take over if someone was needed to:
Since Steve Jobs went on medical leave this winter, some members of Apple Inc.’s board have discussed CEO succession with executive recruiters and at least one head of a high-profile technology company, according to people familiar with the matter.
The conversations weren’t explicitly aimed at recruiting a new chief executive and were more of an informal exploration of the company’s options, said these people. The directors don’t appear to have been acting on behalf of the full board, some of these people said.
Frankly, given Jobs’ health problems, they’d be foolish not to have been discussing this for years. Just because they’re talking about his eventual successor doesn’t mean they’re trying to oust him.
The general feeling from the tech world is that Apple’s Tim Cook would be the most likely replacement — but I think everyone is still paranoid after what happened the last time Jobs left Apple.
[via MacRumors]
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