Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, during a product presentation. (Credit: Apple Inc.)
It’s good news for employees, consumers and investors that Apple’s CEO is back to work, even though on a part time basis for the time being.
Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at his office a few days a week after taking a 5 1/2-month medical leave and getting a new liver.
Jobs, 54, will work from home on days he doesn’t work from Apple‘s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, company spokesman Steve Dowling said Monday. Dowling did not say exactly when Jobs returned to the office.
The state of Jobs’ health and the timing of his return have been watched closely by investors and the media, because few CEOs are considered as instrumental to their companies’ success as Jobs has been to Apple. He is seen as the visionary behind Apple’s popular iPod music players and the iPhone, which left far more experienced mobile phone makers scrambling to catch up with similar touchscreen devices.
Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tennessee., said last week that Jobs had received a liver transplant. Medical experts who were not involved in Jobs’ treatment have told reporters that cancer cells not removed in the original surgery could have spread to Jobs’ liver.
The hospital would not say when the transplant took place, but in a statement said Jobs was recovering well and his prognosis is good.
During Steve Jobs 5 1/2-month-sick leave, under the direction of Apple’s chief operating officer, Tim Cook, the company had continued to release well-received products, including updated laptops with lower entry-level prices, updated Mac software and a faster iPhone with many longed-for features. Apple sold more than a million of the new iPhone 3GS during its first three days on the market.
Welcome back Steve! Good Day.
