So I know you might think I am a troll or what but I am not. I just want to know how JD became JD? I looked for his previous work history. It seems this guy has been always CEO or board of directors or something..... How some one become this rich and important in his career? I do not see any climbing the ladder... Is it like because he came from a rich family or married someone important? What has been his career journey?
When I read the book shoe dog, I can see how Phk made it but no clue about JD. Could some one please educate me?
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I am no JD fan but the fact that he rose through the ranks at Bain to be CEO after 25 years is incredibly impressive.
During this time, Bain was the #2 consulting firm in the world, with some of the smartest people on the planet, and delivered A LOT of shareholder value. Noted below:
An audit by Price Waterhouse found that the aggregate market value of Bain clients increased 456 percent from 1980 to 1989, whereas the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 192 percent during the same time period.
That being said, he is an ideas guy/short term hatchet man for hire. He is certainly not a culture builder or executional leader (not to mention one of the biggest gaps on his disconnect from a product/merch stand point). Great to have on your board, terrible at running your company unless you are trying to tear it down and rebuild it (eBay). This was /is / always will be an awful fit.
I’m white. I would like one money and one power plz. It’s apparently against the natural order that I’m not a billionaire.
White money power!! $$$ white privilege at its best
Note that none of those good CEO’s look like a stereotypical ceo. They are short, woman, foreign, g-y whatever. However they are smart. Nike went for superficial appearance over substance. Btw the Starbucks ceo that got axed was also a consultant and replaced with a known operator.
He looks the part of a ceo. Tall, white hair, good educational names. But compared to real deal ceos like nadella from Microsoft, Tim Cook, jensen Huang of NVIDIA or Lisa Tsu from amd he is nothing but an impostor.
Look at the guy, white privilege personified
Came from a rich family, father was a partner in Price Waterhouse. Went to New Trier High School, one of richest High Schools in the US. Went to Dartmouth, did an MBA at Stanford. Worked at Bain where he achmoozed CEOs and gave advice for money. Went to EBay and didn’t achieve much. Went to Service Now for a bit and didn’t do much. The CEO of Nike where he made a mess.
That, folks, is how to become a multi-millionaire and ride a jet in corporate America!
He came from McKinsey. That’s a big name consulting firm. He never had to implement only sell ideas. He sold old fool Phil on a bunch of ideas and visions. Big fancy education provides credibility in selling. They don’t have to be smart. It selling boiler plate ideas ar high dollars. That’s very different from running a company or an investment fund meaning the real world.
When you go to private schools followed by, good universities you get top jobs. VP, ceo etc. You don’t have to be particularly good at anything. Just have to ride on others backs. And put enough makeup/ powder to your face and show up in front of crowds and cameras.
Research his father.
Old $$$ family.