July 9th 1997 saw to Apple Computer announcing the resignation of Gil Amelio as CEO of the company. Amelio having been ousted by the board of directors, his departure paved the way for Steve Jobs to re-take the helm of Apple.
It is to be noted that it was Amelio who brought Jobs back into the fold of Apple by purchasing Jobs’ company NeXT. NeXT was acquired for $427 million and with plans to use NeXT’s OpenStep OS to build the core of the next Mac operating system, which eventually resulted in Mac OS X.
Initially Steve Jobs as Amelio’s advisor and were working on making plans to restructure Apple. However, Steve Jobs eventually advised Apple’s board of directors to replace Gil Amelio and hire him as interim CEO. Eventually the “interim” title is dropped and the rest is recent history as they call it.
