There's not much more to say than that.
Micron Chairman and CEO, Steve Appleton, dies in a plane crash age 51. This was really bad timing, and I think he may have been flying as a result of the Elpida talks
http://investors.micron.com/released...leaseID=646118
Micron said they will release more details later in the day.
Last edited by Russian; 02-03-2012 at 12:55 PM.
Originally Posted by FUGGER
Whoa... my condolences to his fam and friends.
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happens :|.
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Yikes. I hope he found & trained a successor.
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Supposedly, there was no planned successor so the company had to have an emergency board meeting to name a successor.
This is right after the COO announced he'd be retiring and someone would be replacing him as well.
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