Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

CEO Jobs will return, Apple says

|
|
 
  
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs delivers the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Development Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on June 9, 2008. He unveiled the new iPhone. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt) 
Published: Feb. 26, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Advertisement

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. technical giant Apple Inc. repeated its claim that Chief Executive Officer Steven Jobs would return to work in June after dealing with health problems.

At the annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, Arthur Levinson, a co-lead director for the company, said Jobs remained "deeply involved in all strategic matters," although he has "delegated day-to-day authority to (Chief Operating Officer) Tim Cook and his team," The New York Times reported Thursday.

Communication issues surrounding Jobs' health issues have reportedly sparked an investigation by regulators and calls for more transparency on health issues for critical corporate executives.

For some public companies, a top executive's health can affect share prices.

Levinson said, "If there is new information we deem of import to disclose, that will happen."

He also said Apple's board of directors regularly discusses the issue of succession, the Times said.

At the meeting, some said Apple should be more forthcoming with information concerning Jobs' health.

"I was disappointed by the fact that the board was not more transparent about the health of Mr. Jobs in addition to a succession plan," said Brandon Rees, representing the AFL-CIO Reserve Fund.

Topics: Steven Jobs
Recommended Stories
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Additional Business News Stories
1 of 19
Tiger Woods plays Spyglass Hill in the AT&T Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California
View Caption
fark
Thieves break into pharmacy and make off with as much as they can carry in... hair weave?
Problem: People are beginning to understand how much their private info is worth and thus, are refusing...
Are your dreams trying to tell you something, aside from the fact that sleep is where you're a viking?...
Theme: TV shows in the Dark Ages
Kid Rock steps out from Waffle House melee to refute his Not-Made-In-Detroit clothing line charges;...
Caption this picture of Ahnold and Sly