名人教你讲英文：商业奇葩乔布斯

名人教英文：商业奇葩乔布斯

上周谈到雅虎财经专栏作家daniel gross撰文steve jobs earned his place in the american business pantheon，称赞已故苹果公司创办人乔布斯是"a singular figure in american business history"（美国商业史上的非凡人物）。文章其中一段说明了乔布斯如何与别不同：

"in an era frequently characterized by executive greed and massive pay for significant underperformance, jobs worked for a dollar a year. at a time when many founding ceos step down when they hit their late 40s and early 50s to chase other pursuits (a la bill gates), jobs stuck with it. in an era in which many experts fretted about the ability of america's economy to thrive and innovate, apple grew into a major exporter. apple now represents american brands, the way mcdonald's and ibm and coca-cola once did. in an era in which equity values stagnated, apple's stock thrived. the performance of the company's stock... is one of the great examples of value creation in modern history. "