We can't be sure, of course, but leaving aside criminals,

hawksters, and people who were profoundly misguided,

it's entirely possible that Steve Balmer was the worst major company CEO of all time.

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo.

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So if we just look at the numbers, let's compare Apple to Microsoft.

During similar periods of time, when jobs was in charge of one in Balmer,

was in charge of the other. Under Steve Balmer's reign, I'm hesitant to say leadership,

Microsoft's stock went up 22%. During that same period of time,

the stock of Apple Computer went up 4,800%, it increased in value 50x.

During the period of time that Balmer was in charge, Microsoft completely blew smartphones

and most of the internet. They weren't able to dislodge Google,

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