Steve Jobs co-founded Apple when he was 21 years old.
Nine years later, at age 30, he was purged and fired from the company he founded and built by the professional management he helped recruit.
Eleven years later, after that management brought the firm to the edge of bankruptcy, Jobs returned to the helm and saved the company.
In 1997, when Jobs returned as interim CEO, Apple lost $1.04 billion and estimates were that it was 90 days from insolvency.
Jobs restored discipline and focus. He slashed the product line from 15 to four products and fired 3,000 employees.
By the end of the next fiscal year, Apple returned to profitability.
Soon it would bring forth the iPhone and iPad and become the first firm in history with a valuation of a trillion dollars.
Suppose this was government and not a private company? Suppose Jobs needed votes from Congress to cut…
