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| Company | Fork date | The fork | Options | Choice | Stated rationale | What happened | Judgment analyst | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Read the story → verified | 2011-08-24 | Whether an operator-successor could create value at Apple after a visionary founder |
| Name Cook CEO | Jobs recommended in writing that the board execute the succession plan and name Cook CEO | 5 years · 2026-04 China smartphone share: slipped out of the top tier, trailing Huawei, Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi | reversibility low verdict held | Apple Newsroom (2011-08); TheStreet / Bloomberg (2026-04); The Desk / CNBC (2026-04); U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Apple Inc. (2024-11); TheStreet (2026-04); UnHerd (2026-04) |
| Berkshire Hathaway Read the story → verified | 2025-05 | How should Buffett engineer Berkshire to outlive him? |
| Engineer structured succession | Convert the founder's genius into durable structure so the company needs him less. | 1 year · 2026-01-01 CEO transition: Abel became CEO on January 1, 2026; Buffett remained Chairman | reversibility low verdict too-early | U.S. SEC (EDGAR) (2025-05); CNBC / NPR / CBS News (2025-20) |
| Boeing Read the story → verified | 2024-07-31 | What kind of CEO should Boeing pick to succeed Calhoun? |
| Hire an outsider engineer | The board signaled it knew it had been missing engineering and aerospace operating experience. | Latest · 2024-08-08 CEO transition timing: Ortberg took over August 8, 2024, roughly four months ahead of the projected year-end date | reversibility medium verdict held | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Boeing Co. (2024-07); Boeing Company / Boeing Investor Relations (2024-07); Fortune (2024-04) |
| Disney Read the story → verified | 2023-01 | How should Disney's board handle CEO succession: let the incumbent pick, or own the process itself? |
| Board owns succession process | A sitting CEO has a structural conflict in choosing a successor, so the board took ownership of the decision. | 3 years · 2026-03-18 successor named: Josh D'Amaro named CEO effective March 18, 2026 after a multi-year committee process | reversibility medium verdict too-early | The Walt Disney Company (SEC Form 8-K, FY2026) (2026-02); CNBC / NBC News (2023-09) |
| General Motors Read the story → verified | 2025-06 | Whether to name a successor and how to prepare GM's handoff from Barra |
| Elevate frontrunner without naming | GM calls a future role for Anderson premature and speculative, and Barra says the board decides | Latest · 2025 Anderson's authority at GM: Within about six months he became the most influential product executive at GM in more than fifteen years outside of Reuss | reversibility medium verdict partial | General Motors Company — investor.gm.com (2025-05); Axios (2026-01); CNBC (2025-12) |
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