[terrortang]

I recently finished reading "The PayPal Wars". The book recounts an interesting episode regarding PayPal's history where Elon Musk pursued his vision of rebranding PayPal as X.com. Despite his efforts, the initiative was not successful, ultimately leading to his resignation from the CEO position. It remains to be seen whether history has the tendency to repeat these kinds of events.

[mandeepj]

> ultimately leading to his resignation from the CEO position.

You sure about that? Pretty much everywhere else - it’s written and said - he was FIRED!

[upon_drumhead]

CEOs never get fired. They always decide to spend more time with their family and resign.

[terrortang]

I think referring to a CEO's termination as 'resignation' is a somewhat diplomatic way of implying that they were actually dismissed from their position.