{"id":2523,"date":"2006-08-18T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2006-08-18T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T17:24:00","slug":"biting-the-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2006\/08\/18\/13\/24\/biting-the-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Biting the Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Apple executives were granted options on July 11, two days after Amelio’s departure was announced. So began [Steve] Jobs’ term as interim CEO, the earliest phases of which were marked by substantial uncertainty, rumors of buyouts, and questions concerning Apple’s long-term viability … One huge batch – options on 10 million shares – was granted to [Steve Jobs] on Jan. 12, 2000, when the stock was at $87.19. The very next day, an upgrade by a Morgan Stanley analyst boosted the stock to $96.75 and $106.60 by Jan. 19, giving Jobs a paper profit of $194 million over the course of a week.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several Apple executives were granted options on July 11, two days after Amelio’s departure was announced. So began [Steve] Jobs’ term as interim CEO, the earliest phases of which were marked by substantial uncertainty,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t