The ’10 People Who Don’t Matter’ List
There are lists that people want to be in (Most Beautiful Personalities, Most Powerful People) and then there’s Business 2.0 Magazine‘s 10 People Who Don’t Matter. What does it take not to matter in the corporate world? The people on this list are still worth billions of dollars, command big salaries and have impressive titles. But they are also regarded as past their corporate prime. Most the people on this list aren’t exactly household names but three may ring a bell.
Name:Ken Kutaragi
Position: President, Sony Computer Entertainment
Why he’s on the list: Kutaragi is behind the PS3 and its payload, the Blu-ray (and we’d like to add the Cell). As you know, the PS3 missed its original launch date by a few months and generated negative PR with its price tag. The delays and cost overruns are said to make the PS3 and Blu-ray “nonstarters”.
Name:Warren Lieberfarb
Position: Senior Consultant, HD-DVD Promotion Group
Why he’s on the list: Known in Hollywood as the father of the DVD, and HD-DVD pusher. He joined the Microsoft, Toshiba, and other pro HD-DVD camp against Blu-Ray. He’s on the list because so far “There’s little evidence that consumers are eager to upgrade their existing DVD collections, and by the time the latest format war is settled, most of us will simply download movies in our living rooms instead of hoarding them on little plastic discs.”
Name:Steve Ballmer
Position: CEO, Microsoft
Why he’s on the list: Because he is “a lame duck” now that longtime partner Bill Gates wants to be the new Mother Teresa.
But like we said they’re still filthy rich and by the time they die they’d probably be three times richer so save your sympathy cards for another occasion.
Via CNN
There are lists that people want to be in (Most Beautiful Personalities, Most Powerful People) and then there’s Business 2.0 Magazine‘s 10 People Who Don’t Matter. What does it take not to matter in the corporate world? The people on this list are still worth billions of dollars, command big salaries and have impressive titles. But they are also regarded as past their corporate prime. Most the people on this list aren’t exactly household names but three may ring a bell.
Name:Ken Kutaragi
Position: President, Sony Computer Entertainment
Why he’s on the list: Kutaragi is behind the PS3 and its payload, the Blu-ray (and we’d like to add the Cell). As you know, the PS3 missed its original launch date by a few months and generated negative PR with its price tag. The delays and cost overruns are said to make the PS3 and Blu-ray “nonstarters”.
Name:Warren Lieberfarb
Position: Senior Consultant, HD-DVD Promotion Group
Why he’s on the list: Known in Hollywood as the father of the DVD, and HD-DVD pusher. He joined the Microsoft, Toshiba, and other pro HD-DVD camp against Blu-Ray. He’s on the list because so far “There’s little evidence that consumers are eager to upgrade their existing DVD collections, and by the time the latest format war is settled, most of us will simply download movies in our living rooms instead of hoarding them on little plastic discs.”
Name:Steve Ballmer
Position: CEO, Microsoft
Why he’s on the list: Because he is “a lame duck” now that longtime partner Bill Gates wants to be the new Mother Teresa.
But like we said they’re still filthy rich and by the time they die they’d probably be three times richer so save your sympathy cards for another occasion.
Via CNN
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