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Steve Jobs

atlantis187
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This guy is the chief exec of a multi million dollar company but when ever u see him on stage and stuff doing presentations or launching new products why is he always dressed like a tramp (I mean surely the guy must be able to afford a suit) rather than scruffy old jeans.

This is not a personal attack on the guy (i've got an iPhone and love the thing) am just asking why not look a little more professional?
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  • d123
    d123 Posts: 8,758 Forumite
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    Because he doesn't have to? He answers to no one and so can dress as he feels comfortable.
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  • Wintermute
    Wintermute Posts: 669 Forumite
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    This guy is the chief exec of a multi million dollar company but when ever u see him on stage and stuff doing presentations or launching new products why is he always dressed like a tramp (I mean surely the guy must be able to afford a suit) rather than scruffy old jeans.

    This is not a personal attack on the guy (i've got an iPhone and love the thing) am just asking why not look a little more professional?

    Why should he?

    If I had his money I'd dress however I felt comfortable, he's got to the point where people judge him by his actions and what he's achieved, not by his appearance.
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 18 May 2011 at 11:15PM
    ... why not look a little more professional?
    Because it's too boring? Not many people can afford to dress like they want, not like they are expected to.
  • WillyVWade
    WillyVWade Posts: 47 Forumite
    Jeans and a Turtle-neck? Your choice.

    New Balences? Blugh!
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Just look at me minus ten billion and dress in all the finest clothes i can buy ( at the right price ) .

    jje
  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    If he dressed fancy and carried an iphone in his hand, he would look out of touch with the ordinary genuine tramps who buy his products. ;)
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    When our executives used to roll up for the annual state of the business meetings in their chauffeur driven jags, they used to remove their ties and jackets before talking down to the plebs.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
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    I've never seen a more scruffy looking bunch of herberts than in the check-in queue for Concorde a few years back.
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    He always reminds me of Hank Scorpio.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    Nice one.
    Dr Sheldon Cooper doesn't like Steve Jobs that much!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSx0NxC-r6g
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
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