"Steve Jobs is a national treasure. He is so visionary, and so bright. I had to fire him, though."
"So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities."
Source: Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.
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Arthur Rock
Venture Capitalist
Arthur Rock is a prominent venture capitalist known for his role in funding and guiding technology startups, including Apple Inc.
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