Michael Spindler

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Michael Spindler (born 22 December 1942 in Berlin) was president and CEO of Apple from 1993 to 1996.

Having joined Apple in 1980, he rose through the ranks in Apple's European operations as President of Apple Europe and was chosen to take over as CEO when John Sculley was ousted by Apple's board of directors in June 1993. Spindler presided over several successful projects, such as the introduction of the PowerPC, as well as some major failures, including the Newton and the Copland operating system. He also engaged in takeover discussions with IBM, Sun Microsystems and Philips, but when these went nowhere, he was in turn replaced by Gil Amelio, on February 2, 1996.

External links

Michael Spindler: The Peter Principle at Apple by Tom Hormby, April 6, 2006

Preceded by John Sculley	Apple CEO 1993–1996	Succeeded by Gil Amelio

v t e Key figures in the history of Apple Inc.

CEOs	Michael Scott (1977–1981) Mike Markkula (1981–1983) John Sculley (1983–1993) Michael Spindler (1993–1996) Gil Amelio (1996–1997) Steve Jobs (1997–2011) Tim Cook (2011–present)

Executives and alumni	Steve Wozniak Ronald Wayne Jef Raskin Andy Hertzfeld Bill Atkinson Susan Kare Guy Kawasaki Jean-Louis Gassée Del Yocam Jonathan Ive David Nagel Philip W. Schiller Avie Tevanian Chris Espinosa Scott Forstall Bertrand Serlet Bob Mansfield Bud Tribble Daniel Kottke Craig Federighi

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Name	Spindler, Michael
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Short description	Apple CEO 1993–1996
Date of birth	1942
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