Friday, January 1, 2010

Rumormill: Apple COO Tim Cook for General Motors CEO slot?

A crowning Apple Inc. executive is reportedly be existence considered for the honcho executive tar post at General Motors. Over the terminal pair of years as the Detroit machine business descended into financial oblivion, numerous observers from (mostly) right the business promoted the intent of hiring Apple CEO Steve Jobs separate GM. However, for a difference of reasons – not the small of which was Jobs' upbeat – that never came to fruition.

This time around, according to an (admittedly unsubstantiated) gossip on Silicon Alley Insider, rather than Jobs, executive search concern sociologist Stuart is said to be promoting Tim Cook. Cook is the honcho operating tar at Apple and second in command to Jobs, stuff the CEO interval on an interim basis terminal year patch Jobs was on scrutiny leave.

Cook would sure be an interesting choice, and if hired, would join man school business man and new GM CFO Chris Liddell who is coming over from Microsoft. It's not clear, however, if he would be the prizewinning choice. As COO, Cook has had plentitude of effective experience at Apple, and by every accounts, he has finished an unpaid employ streaming day-to-day operations. However, according machine business shrink Jim uranologist of 2953 Analytics, the CEO at GM is traditionally the bounteous picture/visionary position. In that respect, Cook would seem meliorate suited to the President/COO role, a employ fresh awarded to Mark Reuss.

[Source: Silicon Alley Insider]

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, GM

Tags: apple, generalized motors, generalized motors ceo, GeneralMotors, GeneralMotorsCeo, tim cook, TimCook



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