Steve Jobs, co-founder, visionary and CEO of Apple, whose creations much of the word craves, left centre stage in August this year. He is only 56. His 142-word resignation letter was as minimalist as the design of Apple products. It read: “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

<p><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>Ajit Balakrishnan:</B> Steve Jobs: the CEO as auteur</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;'>Mr Jobs

Ajit Balakrishnan: Steve Jobs: the CEO as auteur

Mr Jobs place in mgmt history is assured for being the model CEO who spent his waking hours obsessing about making their products 'insanely great'

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