15 Most Controversial Statements Made by Tech CEOs
#6 Steve Jobs Believed Reading Was Dead
Quote: "It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore…The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore."
Date: Jan. 15, 2008
Steve Jobs, the visionary once made an intriguing comment about Amazon launching Kindle. He said the product will fail because Americans won’t read anymore. The comment was made while Apple was preparing itself to launch iPad, which provided access to eBooks and even iBooks, later.
Want to know the biggest irony? The Walter Issacson penned biography of Steve Jobs was in Amazon’s best seller list of 2011.
#5 Zuckerberg And Faithfull Followers
Quote: "People just submitted it. I don't know why. They "trust me". Dumb fucks."
Date: May 13, 2010 (Discovered)
A series of instant messages exchanged between Zuckerberg and his friend during his college days surfaced the internet in 2010. It exposed the CEO of making fun of the users who submitted their identities at earlier days of Facebook.
Later, Zuckerberg admitted the incident and said "I think I've grown and learned a lot from there."
