In a story about Larry Page, Google’s co-founder, published in the latest Wired magazine (not yet online), it is suggested that when the search engine giant was looking for a CEO, back in 2000, Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, was the first choice. Cult of Mac reports that Intel’s Andy Grove and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos were some of the candidates.
Back in 2000, when Google was just getting started, its venture capital backers insisted the fledgling company find an experienced CEO to provide ‘adult supervision.’
Venture capitalist John Doerr arranged for Google’s young co-founders to meet with half-a-dozen Silicon Valley CEOs in an attempt to get the process started. Larry Page and Sergey Brin met with Intel’s Andy Grove, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and several others.
At the end of the tour, they were ready to hire a CEO but there was a problem, according to Wired: “… they would only consider one person: Steve Jobs.”
In 2000 Jobs was Apple’s interim CEO after his return in 1996 to the company he co-founded. He was busy working on the first iPod.
UPDATE: Wired Magazine published the story online.
Source: Cult of Mac
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