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He held a variety of positions in the company, including wafer fab manager, production manager, director of manufacturing, and vice president of manufacturing before being appointed president and COO in 1991. Appleton was appointed CEO and chairman of the board in 1994 at age 34. In January 1996, he was fired and then rehired eight days later.
The following is a list of chief executive officers of notable companies. The list also includes lead executives with a position corresponding to chief executive officer (CEO), such as managing director (MD), and any concurrent positions held. Companies with a revenue of at least US$ 10 billion are included in the list.
This year, it was like trying to sort through eggs in a In a normal year, there might be a handful of companies whose CEOs stand out like sore thumbs as potential "worst" candidates. The Worst ...
It's that time of the year again, folks! It's time to dust off the cyber awards and crown five CEOs with the dubious honor of being the worst of the worst in 2013. Unlike last year, when we held ...
Steve Appleton, CEO of Micron Technology (NAS: MU) , has passed away at the age of 51. Not in a long bedside vigil, like fellow technology icon Steve Jobs of Apple, but in a dramatic and ...
Following eight straight weeks of profiling this year's most dubious CEOs, and three rounds of actual community voting, it's time to unveil which CEO has been named the Motley Fool community's ...
AltaVista: A Web search engine established in 1995. It became one of the most-used early search engines, but lost ground to Google and was purchased by Yahoo! in 2003. Alteon WebSystems: Its shares soared 294% on its first day of trading. Amazon.com: The company's stock fell over 90% across two years, from a high of US$107 to a low of US$7. [2]
As promised, this is the second installment of "The Worst CEOs of 2011," whereby I've weeded out more than a handful of bad CEOs to come up with the absolute worst 10 of the bunch. On Friday, I ...