4 Nominees for CEO of 2011

By Chris Hill | More Articles
December 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

The following video is part of yesterday's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, advisor James Early, and senior analysts Jason Moser and Charly Travers discuss the latest business news. "The Protester" was named 2011 Person of the Year by Time magazine. In response, the guys share their picks for the top business leader of 2011. Among them are leaders from the world of technology, consumer goods, and retail.

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The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal — and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate — and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

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Report this Comment On December 15, 2011, at 10:07 PM, mcintorb wrote:

CEO of the year....kiss of death. Almost as lethal as making it onto the cover of Forbes.

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