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Source: Slate
By acquiring a company with a charismatic, legendary, youngish CEO, Steve Jobs, Disney CEO Robert Iger may soon be out of a job. It's happened before. When Westinghouse acquired CBS-Infinity it only took a few years for Mel Karmazin to depose Westinghouse CEO Michael Jordan. And don't forget when CEO Gilbert Amelio, eager to restart Apple's growth, acquired Steve Jobs' NeXt. In less than six months, Amelio was gone and Jobs was CEO.
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