The Redemption of Mark Hurd

摘要

MARK HURD HAD a problem. It was 2012, some two years after he had executed one of the most dramatic escape acts in corporate history. Just weeks after giving up his powerful perch as CEO of computer maker Hewlett-Packard in the summer of 2010, Hurd landed nearly at the top of software giant Oracle, with a critical assist from its co-founder and chief executive, Larry Ellison. One moment Hurd was fending off mortifying allegations of sexual harassment and expense-account violations; the next he was safely ensconced in a job that would pay some $40 million in his first year alone, working for a man who didn't give a fig what envelopes Hurd might have pushed - so long as he made his numbers.