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Sony handed Kaz Hirai the TV business in 2012 — and it kept bleeding for four more years
Sony
Amazon picked its CEO from the one unit earning $13.5B while retail earned $9.4B
Amazon
Microsoft's CEO search shortlisted six names — then hired the insider it had all along
Microsoft
Costco spent two years handing Jelinek the CEO job — then he promised not to touch the $1.50 hot dog
Costco
Uber Called Its 2017 CEO Vote 'Unanimous.' Two Front-Runners Had Just Destroyed Each Other.
Uber
Larry Page and Sergey Brin gave Pichai the CEO title in 2019 — and kept half the votes
Alphabet (Google)
Nike Made a Sitting Board Member CEO in 2020, Then Un-Retired a 32-Year Insider to Replace Him
Nike
Ford handed a Boeing man the keys in 2006 — then let him pawn the Blue Oval
Ford
P&G Recalled A.G. Lafley in 2013 — Its Own Successor Lasted Under Four Years
Procter & Gamble
Schultz Returned as Starbucks CEO in 2008 — Chairing the Board That Had Installed His Successor
Starbucks
Apple split Jony Ive's job in two and handed both halves to its operations chief
Apple
JPMorgan Ran the Bank Without Dimon in March 2020 Because the Bench Was Already Built
JPMorgan Chase
Texas Roadhouse named a new CEO one day after its founder's death — and nobody blinked
Texas Roadhouse
Total's CEO died in a Moscow runway crash — and 36 hours later it had a new one
TotalEnergies
Ferrari Replaced Its CEO in the Same Meeting It Learned He Couldn't Return
Ferrari
Micron's CEO died on a Friday. By Saturday a man planning to retire had the job.
Micron Technology
Coca-Cola Crowned Goizueta's Chosen Heir in 5 Days — and Pushed Him Out 2.5 Years Later
Coca-Cola
McDonald's Named Charlie Bell CEO Within Hours of Its Chairman's Death — and Named His Successor Seven Months Later
McDonald's
Yahoo Burned Through CEOs Because the Job Was Unwinnable, Even for Marissa Mayer
Yahoo
Mary Barra Fixed GM's Balance Sheet. She Hasn't Solved the Harder Problem: Who's Next.
General Motors
HP Kept Hiring CEOs to Fix It. The Thing They Were Fixing Was Its Soul.
HP
Four Broken Handoffs in 60 Years: Disney's Board Kept Handing the Keys Back
Disney
Three Fired CEOs, $83M in Severance, an $8.8B Write-Down: HP's Board Kept Making the Same Hire
HP
Everyone Bet the Supply-Chain Guy Would Coast. He Compounded Apple 10x Instead.
Apple
Intel Handed Gelsinger a Binary — Retire or Be Removed — While the Foundry Bled $5.84B a Quarter
Intel
Welch Handed Immelt a GE Where Finance Carried Over Half a Trillion in Debt
GE
Boeing Hired an Engineer to Fix a Finance Problem. The Board That Caused It Is Still There.
Boeing
The Lee Family Paid the Biggest Tax Bill in Korean History and Came Out Owning More of Samsung.
Samsung
What Happens to a Company Built Around One Irreplaceable Person? Berkshire After Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
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