“It’s safe to say most investors are well acquainted with the charisma, drive, and brilliance of Steve Jobs,” Matt Nesto reports for Yahoo Finance.
“He’s the most well-known CEO in the world, and arguably the best, too,” Nesto reports. “His announced resignation as Apple CEO is not unexpected, but is still being met with some degree of shock”
Nesto reports, “Here’s a short list of facts (not opinions) about Jobs and Apple that are truly surprising.
1) Not A Single Downgrade Today
2) Jobs’ Stake in Disney is Twice As Big As His Slice of Apple ($4.5 billion of DIS vs. $2.1 billion of AAPL)
3) Apple Gets Sued Almost Every Day
4) Apple Has Not Missed A Quarterly Estimate in Nearly 9 Years (Apple has “beat the street” for 35 consecutive quarters)
5) Apple Has Not Traded Under $100 a Share Since March 18, 2009
6) Steve Jobs Personally Hold Over 300 Patents
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
Ahhh…to step into a portal and briefly visit a stockbroker in 2001. That would be a good day. 🙂
Even as recently as 2003 it was $7 (split-adjusted). One of the many times I *almost* bought … sigh.
If you had known me in 1999 and listen to the advice I was giving all of my friends and family, you’d be very rich man. I was buying Apple stock at less than $5 a share when I worked for them in ’02. Boy now that’s a real shocking thought!
What does it mean “arguably” best CEO? Name other candidates please.
Hef 😉
I wonder how many patents Bill Gates personally owns. There really is no comparison aside from Thomas Alva Edison in American history for a man who not only was personally innovative but also built entire industries largely out of sheer creativity and an ability wisely say NO to bad ideas.
Anyone who would remotely consider downgrading Apple, has already done so.
It’s not really accurate to say the Steve “holds over 300 patents”. It would be better to say that he is listed as inventor or co-inventor on over 300 patents.
This is just typical phrase, even though patents are rarely assigned to one person. I tried to use more accurate phrasing for Jobs’ Wikipedia article (two years ago already), which did not have record about Jobs’ inventions before.