• @frezik@midwest.social
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    266 months ago

    Eh, he was handed a company in a bad strategic place and he did not fix it.

    Lisa Su was in a similar position when she took over AMD, but she managed it. While I don’t want to put too much emphasis on the CEO alone, AMD’s turnaround is quite remarkable. They very easily could have collapsed at one point.

    • @4grams@lemmy.world
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      86 months ago

      I agree and my comment had obviously no nuance. I’m still dealing with VMware fallout in my professional life which is on Broadcom but still, this dude had control of another huge sinking ship previously…

      • @waitmarks@lemmy.world
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        16 months ago

        Yea, he was CEO of VMware from 2012 to early 2021. All the issues VMware has now came from broadcom buying them which happened well after he left.