Steve Jobs, who last week took a six-month medical leave of absence as CEO of Apple, reportedly wants to remain on Disney’s board of directors.
Jobs, Disney’s largest shareholder, has been on the Walt Disney board since 2006.
The decision became public Friday, when Disney released a proxy statement, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Questions about Jobs’ ability to serve are already be raised, according to the Financial Times. A board member must serve 250 hours a year, according to the newspaper.
Last week, Jobs announced he would be taking a six-month medical leave after determining health problems were more complex than originally thought.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
