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Jobs tells Pixar staff he turned down Apple

Fri, 01 Aug 1997 09:14:09 GMT - MacWeek, ZDnet US

In a memo reportedly distributed to Pixar employees Tuesday, Steve Jobs called recent rumours of his appointment as Apple's CEO "crazy" and said that he declined an Apple board of directors' request to rejoin Apple as its chairman.

Recent widespread rumours had speculated that Jobs, who is scheduled to give the Macworld Expo keynote speech, would be named Apple CEO or chairman at the conference next week in Boston.

According to published reports, the Pixar CEO said in the memo that the board contacted him three weeks ago. The board told him that it was going to "fire" then-CEO Gil Amelio and asked him to return to Apple as its CEO, according to the memo.

In the memo, Jobs is reported to have said he declined the offer but would increase his "involvement with Apple for up to 90 days, helping them until they hire a new CEO." The board then asked him to become Apple's chairman and he again declined, the message said.

Jobs closed his note by saying that he loved his job at Pixar and had no plans to leave.

Pixar officials did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

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