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Re:Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Is Stepping Down by sirkneeland on Thursday June 11, 2015 @08:33PM (#9703311)
That didn't stop Leo Apothekar for collecting $30 million in severance after tanking HP.

Nor did it stop Stephen Elop from collecting $25 million after running Nokia's devices business into the ground/arms of Microsoft (although I think technically that was structured as a "bonus")

Reminds me of some quote I heard somewhere: "CEO: where success is rewarded handsomely and failure only slightly less so"

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Re:Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Is Stepping Down by mathattack on Friday June 12, 2015 @09:32AM (#9705713)
I agree completely. That's why I consider a high class way for him to exit. I was going to make a comment about Apothekar's behavior pre-empting him from having a future business career but actually it doesn't seem to harm him.
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