Amaya Toman Steve Jobs was doing a good job at Apple. So good that Fortune magazine named him "CEO of the Decade." The award came just four months after Jobs successfully underwent a liver transplant.
Fortune magazine, which focuses mostly on business, has given Jobs credit for transforming many industries. But Jobs also won the award for his lion's share in the steep growth of the Cupertino company, despite all partial failures and difficulties.
How much Jobs actually means to Apple was already clear to many in 1997, when he gradually returned to the company's management after many years. As director, he once again performed excellently, and the world could already appreciate his contribution to the company after ten years at the helm. That Jobs was a savior for Apple was already clear much earlier - the revolutionary iMac G3 became a hit very quickly, and over time, the iPod also made its way into the world together with iTunes. The OS X operating system and other innovations that came out of the Apple workshop under the baton of Steve Jobs were also a huge success. In parallel with his work at Apple, Jobs was also able to contribute to the successful running of Pixar, whose success eventually made him a billionaire.
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By the time Fortune magazine decided to give Jobs a proper credit for his contributions, Steve was preparing the release of his last great product: the iPad. At the time, the public knew nothing about the iPad, but it was already becoming clear to some that they had to prepare for the idea that Jobs would no longer have to stand at the head of the Apple company. Rumors about the health condition of the co-founder of Apple began to spread significantly in the summer of 2008, when Jobs showed up at a conference at the time. His significantly thin figure was impossible to miss. Apple's statements were very ambiguous: according to one statement, Jobs was suffering from one of the common diseases, according to another, a hormonal imbalance was to blame. Jobs himself issued an internal statement in 2009 saying that his health problems were more complex than originally thought.
With his award, Fortune inadvertently paid Jobs a sort of pre-death tribute: in a celebratory article, which in the context of the mentioned circumstances took on a bit of a bittersweet tone, he published, among other things, a series of photos depicting Jobs over the years, and summarized the most significant moments in his career. The award was of course primarily a celebration of Jobs' achievements, but it also served as a kind of reminder that an era is coming to an end at Apple.
Source: Cult of Mac
