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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: uncertainty
16 Aug 2022 Acquired Amazon.com
“Joe, under this impression, probably from talking to Bill Campbell—we don't know for sure, and probably from talking to other board members—I think I'm supposed to do CEO-type stuff.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 16 Aug 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Amazon.com
Transcript context
…Yeah, it would be John Sculley. There's a Scully situation going on here at Amazon in 1999. Bezos does take this seriously. He reorgs. He has everyone report to the Black & Decker guy, to Joe. He says, my only direct report is now Joe. At the same time, he's also like, you're COO, you're not CEO. Joe, under this impression, probably from talking to Bill Campbell—we don't know for sure, and probably from talking to other board members—I think I'm supposed to do CEO-type stuff. And I think I'm supposed to be the CFO for a while and then...…
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