Mark Hurd
Salesforce today announced that Keith Block, the company’s co-CEO, is stepping down. This leaves company founder Marc Benioff as the sole CEO and chair of the CRM juggernaut. Block’s bio…
Former Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd has passed away
Mark Hurd, who until last month was one of two CEOs leading the database software giant Oracle, has passed away at age 62, one month after telling employees in a letter…
Mark Hurd, the co-CEO of Oracle, is taking a leave of absence, citing health reasons
Mark Hurd, one of two CEOs leading the database software giant Oracle, is taking a leave of absence owing to health reasons, he told employees in a letter today. Oracle…
As globalization slows, new startup Globality raises $27 million to bring SMBs to world markets
Global capitalism is in a bit of pickle right now. Goldman Sachs (either a vampire squid or the second-best investment bank in the world, depending on your point of view) came out with…
Oracle Stock Drops 2.5% On News That Larry Ellison Has Relinquished His CEO Title
Today after the bell, Oracle announced that its long-time premier Larry Ellison is no longer its CEO. Former HP CEO Mark Hurd will take over the job in partnership with…
WITN: The Dumbest and Smartest People of 2010, Plus Our Predictions for 2011 (TCTV)
With apologies to Car Talk, you’ve squandered a perfectly good half-of-a-year watching “Why Is This News?” and we decided to reward you with a show that actually contains business analysis,…
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Rips "Vindictive" HP Lawsuit
The dramatic battle between Mark Hurd, HP, and Oracle continues. Yesterday Oracle announced that it was hiring recently-ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd as Co-President and a member of its Board.…
HP Confirms It Is Suing Mark Hurd For Potential Leakage Of Trade Secrets To Oracle
It seems like only yesterday that Oracle announced it was hiring former HP CEO Mark Hurd to be a Co-President and member of the Board — that’s because it was…
Oracle Hires Former HP CEO Mark Hurd As Co-President
Oracle has confirmed that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has found a cushy place to land after one of the year’s messiest tech scandals. Hurd will be joining the company…
Mark Hurd Had The Lowest Employee Approval Rating (34%) Of Any Major Tech CEO
Softcore-porn-actress-turned-marketing-consultant Jodie Fisher wasn’t the only person who failed to be enamored by HP CEO Mark Hurd, who was forced to resign as a result of an investigation into his…
Something weird is going on over at HP. This whole Mark Hurd firing looks more like a coup timed with a nice, old-fashioned scandal than a case of “sexual harassment.”…
HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns, This Looks Messy
Well this is unexpected, HP has just announced that CEO Mark Hurd is stepping down. CFO Cathie Lesjak has been appointed as interim CEO. According to the company’s press release,…
