Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm and the man behind WebOS, has left HP.It's hard to imagine that only about 19 months ago, HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion and brought on Rubinstein to reinvigorate the company. In that short span, HP embarked on an aggressive plan to produce smartphones and tablets running WebOS--before deciding to kill that original strategy due to poor sales, spin off its PC business, change CEOs, and radically pivot toward acquiring enterprise services company Autonomy for $10 billion. Now Rubinstein joining a slew of recently departed executives--including Phil McKinney and Richard Kerris--though Rubinstein is perhaps the most high-profile of the bunch. The former Apple executive who oversaw the creation of the iPod, Rubinstein was tapped to breathe new life into HP, but has now become a symbol for all the dramatic and bumpy transformations HP has undergone over the past few years. "We ran out of runway, and we ended up at HP and HP wasn't in good eno

Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

Former Palm chief executive Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, less than two years after Palm was acquired by the computer giant.

Sat 28 Jan 12 from PhysOrg

Rubinstein bids HP goodbye

Mon 30 Jan 12 from Ubergizmo

Rubinstein, who revitalized Palm, leaves HP

The future is mobile, says the former Apple executive, who had seen his role reduced after Hewlett-Packard killed off his webOS for the handheld Palm. Rubinstein is taking a break. 

Sun 29 Jan 12 from The Christian Science Monitor

Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP effective immediately

Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard effective today. No reason was given for his departure although it seems that both parties split on good terms, as first reported by All ...

Fri 27 Jan 12 from Techspot

Ex-Palm chief leaves HP after WebOS move

(Reuters) - Jon Rubinstein, who was instrumental in crafting Apple Inc's iPod music player, has left Hewlett Packard Co after two years on the job there.

Fri 27 Jan 12 from Reuters Technology

Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP After "Fulfilling Commitment"

HP's had quite a 2011 and Jon Rubinstein, former Palm CEO and a top-level executive at HP after the giant acquired Palm in 2010, was along for the ride. But according to a report out of AllThingsD, ...

Fri 27 Jan 12 from TechCrunch

Jon Rubinstein, Force Behind TouchPad, WebOS, Leaves HP: "We Ran Out Of Runway"

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm and the man behind WebOS, has left HP.It's hard to imagine that only about 19 months ago, HP acquired Palm for $1.2 billion and brought on Rubinstein ...

Fri 27 Jan 12 from Fastcompany Tech

Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm and the man who spearheaded the development of the WebOS software, has left Hewlett-Packard.Rubinstein joined HP when the company bought WebOS back in ...

Fri 27 Jan 12 from Techradar

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