Michael Spindler

Michael Spindler
Born	(1942-12-22) December 22, 1942 Berlin, Germany
Alma mater	Technical University in Cologne
Known for	CEO of Apple Computer, Inc.
Spouse(s)	Maryse
Children	Karen, Laurie and John

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

Spindler graduated from engineering at Technical University in Cologne in 1964^[1] and worked at DEC and Intel, before he moved to join Apple Computer.^[2]

Having joined Apple in 1980 after Mike Markkula brought him over to help out with Apple's European office, he rose through the ranks in Apple's European operations as President of Apple Europe, then President of Apple International and was chosen to take over as CEO when John Sculley was ousted by Apple's board of directors in June 1993. Spindler has been in the US since 1985 and lives in the San Francisco area.^[3]

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. Spindler was known as "diesel" due to his operational management inside Apple.

References

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

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)

Employees	Angela Ahrendts Bill Atkinson Susan Barnes Chrisann Brennan Steve Capps George Crow Chris Espinosa Craig Federighi Bill Fernandez Scott Forstall Jean-Louis Gassée Ellen Hancock Andy Hertzfeld Bruce Horn Guy Kawasaki Susan Kare Daniel Kottke Joanna Hoffman Rod Holt Jonathan Ive Bob Mansfield David Nagel Rich Page Jef Raskin Jon Rubinstein Phil Schiller Bertrand Serlet Johny Srouji Burrell Smith Avie Tevanian Bud Tribble Steve Wozniak Ronald Wayne Del Yocam

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