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▲ afavour 6 hours ago

> He had a long-term mindset

Did he? A singular CEO with 40+ direct reports and no succession plan... that alone feels like a very short term mindset to me. He could have been hit by a car tomorrow, what's the contingency plan there? Not to mention the whole 'violating export restrictions' thing, that's typically not great for the long term viability of a company either.

▲lucaslazarus 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Not sure it’s as much “short term mindset” as it is power consolidation. He doesn’t own a big voting share (only 3.5%) or a special share class like Zuck, so it’s in his interest to not have a clear #2 lest they and the board get any ideas of collaborating on a coup.

▲afavour 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds more and more like he had a "me" mindset, not a long-term one. Not exactly mind blowing that the board wouldn't love that.

▲lucaslazarus 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah the whole “long term mindset” idea is definitely just hagiography done with the benefit of hindsight. Indistinguishable from luck empirically!

▲NetMageSCW 7 minutes ago | parent [-]

He spent a decade supporting CUDA despite much criticism and share price losses only to ultimately be proven right. If that isn’t a long term bet, what is?