Steve Jobs Named 'World's Most Valuable CEO'

Steve Jobs? Respected? Not in my world. He's a complete d**** imo. America would be WORE off with 1000x more Steve Jobs....

oh yes let's have millions more kids who think they're so cool with their overpriced I-items

I would Say Ford CEO Mullaly should be the top of this list. The only American Auto Maker to not file bankruptcy and not take money from U.S. and turn a profit for the first time in about a decade. I love this guy. Today Ford is paying paying down $3 out of its $31 billion debt. Doesn't hurt that my F stock is up 450% since I bought.

There is no such thing as a valuable CEO. If we could harvest his organs for dying third world children he might have some value. Even then I would think he is to old for that.

steve ballmer is more valuable than jobs

You know what... As soon as I got done reading your comment, I looked at one of the ads and it's a Chevy ad saying "May the best car win." How ironic is that? Haha!

The WORLD's? oh cmon. Have you REALLY researched every single CEO in the world? Where's the proof?

+1 for the Ford CEO. That's exactly who I thought of reading the headline.

Yea, and Obama also won the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm now hoping I might win the Pulitzer prize for writing this comment.

Hum... So his company has a debt of $31 billion... I don´t think it is good!

I can tell Shadow doesn't own an Apple product.

I'm not an Apple fanboy, but let's be honest here. The article states that Steve Jobs is the most valuable CEO, not the most valuable person on earth. In reality, Jobs is the most valuable asset to Apple, if he were to retire tomorrow that company would be dead. Considering Apple is a pioneer for consumer based tech products, I would agree Steve Jobs is the most valuable CEO right now.

Agreed, kudos to Ford and their CEO. I gained a whole new respect for them, in this financial meltdown that crippled the other US automakers.

True, $31 B is a lot of debt. But this is inherited debt. Ford's old motto was to buy up the competition (Volvo, Jaguar, Mazda, etc) and they went into debt to accomplish this. When Mullaly came in (about 2003) he saw the ballooning debt and said it wasn't tenable because you never know when an economic downturn is coming. So Ford has been selling off these brands for the past 7 years and paying down their debt. Overall, I am more impressed by the CEO who keeps a company from the brink and brings positives than a company who was steam rolling along and does marginally better (25 billion attributed to Jobs out of 200 is 12% - decent but not awe inspiring).

Apple is going to create a robot called the iJobs when Steve Jobs finally retires....

+1 for Ford CEO comment

i must say the Ford commercials that show ppl selling off their Mercedes & BMW's to get a Ford are quite interesting and thought provoking.

i have a 92 Mustang GT and i gotta say; its so much easier to work on than say a Toyota or Honda lol FORD FTW.

as far as this particular article referring to Jobs as some "valuable CEO"... meh. no. Jobs would be without a job if it weren't for M$ saving Apple's ass... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY

$150 million in nonvoting Apple stock... how about giving it back to M$ and lets see how Jobs handles Apple...

So let me get this right, Steve Jobs gets the recognition as "the most valuable CEO" for creating hip (and I use that term loosely) devices and creating revenue.

As opposed to:

Richard Branson (Virgin Galactic)and Elon Musk (Space X)for effectively privatizing space travel.

Eric Schmidt (Google) for standing up for human rights (I know some of you may see this differently, but non-the-less).

Alan R. Mulally (Ford) for turning around a company on its own without the aid of the US Government and bringing back well made American products/jobs.

... right.

I agree with this articles assessment. If Steve Jobs disappears Apple is going to lose it's mascot. How far did the stock dip on a joke rumor of Jobs death? The very fact that it dipped at all is a testament that Jobs is Apple. The investors know that when he's go Apple will lose a part of its fan flavor.

In regards to the Ford CEO: He should win the CEO with a Brain award, not the most valuable.

The iJobs will of course have a personal body guard, "Odd Jobs", to protect the valuable robot.

Hitler was also the most valuable asset to the Nazi Party. "Valuable" is a very relative term which neither denotes or signifies quality, rather simply implies dependence. This story proves that beyond any doubt

Correct. This article does not state that he is the best, smartest, or most wealthy CEO. I agree with the articles' intention of stating: Steve Jobs has the most direct impact on his own company than any other CEO. I agree with what was said before me: Without Steve, Apple would definitely drop off the radar.

Apple's marketing that annoys us has done the company very well.

I know many uninformed consumers that blindly believe this marketing and so go for macs.

I don't mind the macs, its those people that bother me lol.

you do realize that apple has something along the lines of $40 billion in cash on hand? $150M is a drop in the bucket.

Absolutely correct. If Ballmer retired today, Microsoft wouldn't fall off the radar. If Mullaly retired today, ford wouldn't go off the radar. But somehow, Jobs is keeping Apple above ground, and far above it.

The only CEO with a rabid religious fanbase. Of course he's the most valuable. Which other CEO has a church named after himself?

So if he falls so will Apple? Can't wait....

[citation]Probably the world's most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, as shown by stock dips on news of his medical problems.[/citation]
Talk about a horrible misread. Jobs is a capable CEO, and to be certain, he has a commanding presence. However, while a CEO definitely captains the ship, the loss of that CEO should not be perceived as being so crippling to a company that it would immediately endanger the company by debasing its stock. If that is happening, then the CEO is doing too much micro-managing. The shareholders should be confident in not just the CEO, but their senior staff as well.

and do you realize that without microsoft's help, apple would not be the o so wonderful company that we see today? may be chump change to apple and even microsoft, nevertheless, microsoft gave a lending hand and apple didn't return the favor.

roflcopper @ -2

jellico how the hell is that a misread?

What was stated is the truth and nothing else. Rumors popped up of him having medical problems that could endanger his life and stocks dropped by a good amount.

You are trying to say reality is wrong, gl with that.

i believe that they will instead try to clone him rather then build a robot, it may prove impossible to fit that much smugness into a logic chip that would fit a human size robot....

of course with the iPad.... they might just attempt to build a giant size iJob, which would link nicely in with their patent protection system called iSmash

just freeze him, its cheaper.

Of course he is. Steve Jobs IS Apple. And the only person for whom that is a good thing is he himself. I'm pretty sure that while Apple appreciates the reality distortion field he brings along, they'd like to be a little less dependent on him.

filmman03: Read this to learn about all the altruistic reasons MS invested in Apple.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/R [...] 533B9.html