This was my favorite part of "In the Plex" by Steven Levey. Sergey and Larry wanted Jobs to be their CEO. They had met with a number of CEO's in Silicon Valley and picked Jobs because of how well he impressed them. Also because he was the “He was the only candidate who had been to Burning Man". Pretty cool if you ask me. RIP STEVE
Eric Schmidt was the only candidate who had been to Burning Man, I think, although I haven't read the book (by Steven Levy, not Levey). Certainly Schmidt must have been a candidate at some point, since he got the job, and he had certainly been to Burning Man.
'From the earliest days of Google, whenever Larry and I sought inspiration for vision and leadership, we needed to look no farther than Cupertino. Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched an Apple product (including the macbook I am writing this on right now). And I have witnessed it in person the few times we have met.
On behalf of all of us at Google and more broadly in technology, you will be missed very much. My condolences to family, friends, and colleagues at Apple.'
I was able to read it without being logged in to any Google account. May I recommend that you only log in to Google accounts in a separate browser, or in an Incognito window in Chrome?
