With Steve Jobs stepping down at Apple (AAPL), there are plenty of questions about what comes next. Jobs is undisputedly the most influential CEO of the last decade and one of the most influential people of the last 35 years. Jobs' contributions to society have been extraordinary and today he is deservedly drawing comparisons to other great industrialists like Ford, Edison, Carnegie and Rockefeller. When the history books are written, it's likely that these comparisons will hold up.
While I wanted to run a stock chart comparison to these early 19th century industrialists, individual stock data from the early 20th century isn't easy to come by. Still, there are at least three iconic CEOs of the latter 20th century who can arguably be compared to Jobs: Disney, Walton and Gates. Here's a look at how each company's stock performed in the decade following its CEO's departure.
Each chart begins on the date that the CEO stepped down.
Disney (DIS)
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Wal-Mart (WAL)
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