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In May 2015, Cisco announced that CEO and chairman John Chambers would step down as CEO in July 2015 while remaining as chairman. Robbins, then a senior vice president, was named as his successor. [5] Mentored by Chambers, Robbins was unanimously voted in as the company's new chief executive, becoming CEO of Cisco Systems in July 2015. [6] [5] [7]
In 1995 Chambers became CEO of Cisco, a position he held until 2015. He had also been promoted to board chairman in 2006. [13] During his tenure as CEO, the company's annual sales grew from $1.9 billion [14] to $49.2 billion. [15] On July 27, 2015, Chuck Robbins replaced Chambers as CEO of Cisco Systems. [16]
Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware , software , telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. [ 4 ]
Chairman, CEO and co-founder [21] 1985 Co-founded the firm with Peter George Peterson: 2017-11-15 BHP: Mike Henry: CEO [22] 2020 On 1 January 2020, Henry took over as CEO of BHP from Andrew Mackenzie: 2024-08-16 BMW: Oliver Zipse: Chairman of the board of management [23] 2020 Succeeded Harald Krüger: 2017-11-15 Boeing: Kelly Ortberg: President ...
He joined Cisco in 1988, then a four-year-old company with 34 employees, as its second chief executive officer and chairman of the board. [5] He was replaced by John Chambers as CEO in 1995 and as chairman in 2006. [8] [9] At his retirement in 2006, Cisco had 50,000 employees in 77 countries. [10]
Lerner and Bosack brought in John Morgridge to be the second CEO of Cisco in 1988. On August 28, 1990, Lerner was fired; upon hearing the news, Bosack resigned in solidarity. [7] The two sold all of their stock for $170 million [2] and retired from Cisco. Lerner and Bosack divorced in the early 1990s. [8]
After co-founding Meraki in 2006 with John Bicket, whom he met while both were graduate students at MIT, Biswas led the company as CEO. [6] [7] In 2007, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. [8] In 2012, Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion. [9]
Michael David Capellas (born August 19, 1954) is an American executive in the computer and telecommunication industries. Capellas served as chairman and CEO of First Data Corporation, acting CEO of Serena Software, chairman and CEO of Compaq Computer Corporation until its merger with Hewlett-Packard where he became president of the post-merger company briefly, and president and CEO of WorldCom ...