It Takes Two Men to Replace SAP CEO Léo Apotheker
SAP, the world’s largest business software company, said Léo Apotheker has been replaced as CEO.
The SAP Executive Board, in agreement with the SAP Supervisory Board, has appointed two Co-CEOs: Bill McDermott, head of field organization and Jim Hagemann Snabe, head of product development, both already members of the SAP Executive Board.
Dennis Howlett, on ZDNet, writes that Mr Apotheker’s departure wasn’t unexpected. But it was surprising that the company acted so soon.
The choice of new leaders should not be surprising but hardly imaginative. In effect, SAP has chosen ‘last men standing’ rather than taking what some of us thought might be a bold move by appointing an outsider.
SAP is headquartered in Germany and has a large presence in Silicon Valley. The company beat analyst estimates for Q4 but profits fell 12% and revenues were down 9% from a year ago.
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