“A Silicon Valley heavyweight has thrown his support behind speculation on the next Apple CEO, Angela Ahrendts,” Keris Alison Lahiff reports for TheStreet.
“Marc Benioff, co-founder of leading cloud computing company Salesforce, wrote on Twitter that Ahrendts may well be the next Apple CEO,” Lahiff reports. “Current Apple chief executive Cook announced in mid-October the tech giant had hired Ahrendts to head its retail stores and online stores, in a newly created role. In her current position as chief executive of Burberry, Ahrendts has helped create one of the world’s most successful luxury brands. Since 2006, shares of the London-based fashion house have tripled.”
I just saw Future Apple CEO @AngelaAhrendts on her farewell @Burberry tour! The most important hire Tim Cook has ever made!
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) October 29, 2013
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