Steve Jobs he was recently named as the most influential businessman of the last 25 years, and this title was not won by following the rules. IN A recently published article The New York Times explains why Steve Jobs he was an unconventional character for whom the rules were not the main concern. Journalists talk about 3 important moments in which Steve Jobs he intentionally broke the law, but he was not held accountable, his actions could bring him before a court and even in prison.
Mr. Jobs himself received options on 7.5 million shares, which were backdated to immediately bolster their value by over $20 million. Apple admitted that the minutes of the October board meeting where the grant was supposedly approved were fabricated, that no such meeting had occurred and that the options were actually granted in December.
The first moment focuses on Steve Jobs, who changed the price at which some shares of Pixar and Apple could be sold in order to increase their value. Basically, Steve Jobs lied to the company's accountants claiming that a package of 7.5 million shares was granted to him with immediate sale options, but in reality this is false. Although those from Apple clarified things with the American authorities and some senior members of the company left Apple following this scandal, Steve Jobs was protected and was not sent to court.
The second moment centers on the famous unofficial agreement between Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt not to "steal" their employees, and in this article you have presented the defining moment of the pact between them. The third moment centers on the antitrust scandal regarding the illegal setting of the price of ebooks by Apple, the company being investigated in recent years and sentenced to pay tens of millions of dollars for the actions taken under the command of Steve Jobs.
Practically, the former CEO of Apple did not take into account the existing antitrust legislation in the USA, probably he would not take it into account even now, but even so, he was always protected in order not to be convicted.
