Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took over on February 4, 2014, when Microsoft’s stock price closed at $36.35. It is now worth $388 per share. This is a 10X. Apple was worth about $24 in 2014 and is now about $186. This was a 7-8 times gain. Tim Cook became CEO of Apple in August 2011.
Nadella shifted Microsoft from shrink wrapped software to subscription model software and established a strong position in cloud computing.
Nadella is now making Microsoft a leader in AI with ownership of OpenAI.
Tim Cook established the services revenue stream and launched iWatch and Airpods.
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Apple’s elegant software, and easily upgraded construction was what made the company. Apple software after 2011 is awkward, obtuse, and arcane. Apple upgrades after 2011 are Rubic’s cubed. If Apple makes a car you can bet it will have control, alt, delete buttons hidden in the glove box. Tim Cook queered a once great company.