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It is utterly surprising that even Bezos couldn't resist choosing a business MBA guy as his successor just like Steve Jobs, Larry Page and Bill Gates did! They talked ALL their lives about importance of "product person", innovators, disruptors, technologists and derided "business" CEOs. But when it came down to it, they ALL chose the safest possible suit at their disposal to run their ships. Steady as it goes...


But Jassy is not a typical MBA guy. He trailblazed the entire cloud industry.


And Tim Cook trailblazed the world’s most valuable supply chain, IIRC. I don’t think the parent was implying these are talentless drones, just that they are the obvious safe choices for succession.


Is value is the only metric worth looking at?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26013895


I found it baffling, that someone manage to predict how that would work out: https://steveblank.com/2016/10/24/why-tim-cook-is-steve-ball...




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