Sculley
Proper noun
Meaning
Sculley (plural Sculleys)
A surname.
Examples
The Apple board of directors instructed Sculley to "contain" Jobs and limit his ability to launch expensive forays into untested products.
In part, this has to do with the failure of the Newton, which will always be associated in the mind of Steve Jobs with his former friend and nemesis John Sculley.
Rose 1990, p. 227 Apple's chief executive officer (CEO) John Sculley ousted Jobs from his day-to-day role at Apple, replacing him with Jean-Louis Gassée in 1985.
The Rik and Joe Show was demonstrated onstage at MacWorld in San Francisco when John Sculley announced QuickTime. citation Apple released QuickTime 1.5 for Mac OS in the latter part of 1992.
Quote: You know, one of the things that really hurt… – Signal v. NoiseYou know, one of the things that really hurt Apple was after I left John Sculley got a very serious disease.
Sculley may have been a terrible CEO for Apple, but that does not make him wrong in this case.