German-American technology executive who served as CEO of Apple Computer from 1993 to 1995, succeeding John Sculley during one of Apple's most difficult periods before the board replaced him with Gil Amelio.
Led Apple through a period of licensing the Mac OS to clone makers and near-fatal margin compression, representing the final phase of professional-manager Apple before Steve Jobs' return.
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