Gurley recounts learning Jobs personally decided which icons appear on the iPhone home screen.
“Because we've got some great companies, Zillow, OpenTable, and I love to talk to him about getting something on there. And he just starts laughing.”
Gurley notes Apple grew from $2 billion to $343 billion market cap under Jobs, exceeding Microsoft and Intel combined.
“started at $2,000,000,000 when in market cap when he came in. Today, they're three forty three and bigger than Microsoft and Intel combined.”