Michael Spindler

Michael Spindler (born 22 December 1942 in Berlin), nicknamed "the Diesel" for his reputed around-the-clock work habits, was president and CEO of Apple from 1993 to 1996.

Having joined Apple in 1980, he rose through the ranks in Apple's European operations as President of Apple Europe and was chosen to take over as CEO when John Sculley was ousted by Apple's board of directors in June 1993. 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.

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