21 Craziest Things Ever Said by Tech CEOs


#14 Ballmer Bans Kids from Using iPods & Google

Quote: "My children-in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod."

Date: 3/28/2006

The above quote stands as best example for how nutty Ballmer can go. In an interview with Fortune, the Microsoft CEO told the magazine that he forbids his children from owning the greatest music player of all time, as well as utilizing the most powerful search engine in the world.

#13 Schmidt Creeps Out Googlers

Quote: We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about."

Date: 10/4/2010

The netizens where already creepy over their personal information being exposed on the global search engine, and the above quotes from Google executive took their creepiness over the brim.

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