Google’s Eric Schmidt: The Next CEO Of Apple?

This is some startling news: According to Doug Kass at TheStreet.com, Apple is preparing for a situation where CEO Steve Jobs will have to step down, temporarily, to deal with a stock options backdating scandal. If that does happen, the Apple board member who would likely take the reins of the company until his return: None other than Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
The idea of this sort of thing happening is so mind-boggling that I refuse to believe it to be true, but if it did happen, the possibilities are endless. Schmidt is obviously already very familiar with Apple, as a result of being a board member for the last half-year (and it is possible he is on the board only because of this scandal), and both Google and Apple share a common enemy, but I can’t imagine two huge tech companies having the same head. […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg