Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
After our Board of Directors booted Jim Whitehurst, he found employment at Red Hat. No one had yet figured out how to make free software profitable until Jim got there. Under his leadership, they've done rather well:
I wouldn't call my friend that won a Field's Medal in Ubermath to mentor him just yet. Its not exactly hard to find CEO's that have doubled a company's share price from 2008-2012. Pretty much any of them that have a pulse have those bragging rights.