Willard: If we stay with Gil as CEO, I think there's only a 10% chance we will avoid bankruptcy. Willard and his wife flew to London where they were planning to watch the Wimbledon tennis matches. He saw some of the tennis during the day but spent his evenings in his suite at the inn on the park calling back people in America while it was daytime. By the end of his day, his telephone bill was $2,000. Why did Jobs not seize the reins? Why was he reluctant to grab the job that for two decades he had seemed to desire?
What I learned from reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.