John Sculley - Wikipedia

Thanks Maj Marty Hogan for letting us know that April 6 is the anniversary of the birth of American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups John Sculley III.
Happy 79th Birthday John Sculley III.

Background from bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=89567&privcapId=24937
"Dr. John Sculley, III, Ph.D. has been the Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer of RxAdvance Corporation since November 2016. Dr. Sculley serves as the Managing Partner of InflexionPoint Technologies Pte. Limited and SCF Capital Inc. Dr. Sculley has been an Adviser of Digital Domain Media Group, Inc. since December 2008. He is a Co-founder of Sirius Thinking, Ltd. and South Ocean Growth Equity. He co-founded Zeta Interactive Corp. in 2001. He served as a Venture Partner of Rho Ventures at Rho Capital Partners, Inc. He joined Rho Ventures in 2004. He began working with Rho in 1990, co-investing in companies alongside Rho. He served as the Executive Chairman of Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc. until June 21, 2016. He co-founded Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc. and served as its Managing Partner. He founded Sculley Brothers, L.L.C in 1995 and served as its Partner. He co-founded Verified Person Inc. in 2004. From November 1993 to February 1994, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Information Technologies, Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer) from 1983 to 1993 and also served as its President. He joined Apple in 1983. Prior to joining Apple, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Pepsico, Inc. from 1978 to 1983 for five years where he held marketing and management positions for 16 years before becoming Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Sculley's career began as the founding Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo Foods International from 1974 to 1978 (Frito-Lay International). He served as President of Leader Distribution Systems, Inc. since 1977. He co-founded QBit, LLC in 2003. Dr. Sculley serves as the Chairman of IdenTrust, Inc. and Watermark Medical, Inc. He has been the Chairman and Director of 3Cinteractive, LLC since September 2011. He serves as Vice Chairman of MDLIVE Inc. He served as a Vice Chairman of Lantern Credit, LLC. He served as Vice Chairman of RxAdvance Corporation since February 2016 and has been its Director since February 2016. He has been Member of Advisory Board at Lantern Credit, LLC. He serves as a Director of SleepMed and PDQ. He serves as a Member of Board of Directors of Caivis Acquisition Corporation. He serves as a Member of Board of Advisors at AudioBase, Inc. and MobiMate Ltd. He serves as a Director of XL Education Corp. He is a Member of Strategic Advisory Board of Longwood Founders Management, LLC. He serves as Director of Tello Corporation. He serves as a Director Emeritus of The Camden Technology Conference. He has been an Independent Director of Transforma Acquisition Group, Inc. since 2006. He serves as Director of Audax Health Solutions Inc. and Rally Health, Inc. He serves as a Director of XL Marketing Corp. He serves as a Director of Hotwire, Inc., Zeta Interactive Corp., nextSource Inc., OpenPeak Inc., and ScreamingMedia. He served as the Chairman of Verified Person Inc. and serves as its Member of the Board of Directors. He served as the Chairman of Gizmoz, Inc. since September 1997. He served as Co-Chairman of Watermark Medical, LLC. He served as the Chairman of the Advisory Board and Member of Advisory Board at nextSource Inc. He served as the Vice Chairman of Inphonic, Inc. until October 2007 and its Director from February 2000 to October 2007. He served as a Director at MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., and Veon Ltd. He served as a Director of PDSHeart, Inc. since December 2006, PeoplePC Inc. since May 1999, More.com since June 1998, MetroPCS Communications, Inc. from December 1995 to June 20, 2008, MetroPCS, Inc. since October 1997, Rakuten Commerce LLC since August 1998, TNS North America, Inc., since October 1994 and Pinnacor Inc. since February 2002. He served as a Director of Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc. from 2012 to June 21, 2016. He served as Director of Gizmoz, Inc., TechSmart and The Camden Technology Conference. He served as an Independent Director of Flex Pharma, Inc. since August 2014 until June 01, 2017. He served as Director of Acme Capital Corporation since October 2012. He served as a Director of Digital Domain Productions Inc. and Digital Domain Media Group, Inc. from October 2007 to December 2008 and NetObjects, Inc. from December 1996 to December 2000. He served as a Member of Advisory Board of IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. and WiNetworks, Inc. He was selected as "Marketing Chief Executive Officer of the Decade" by Financial News Network and "Chief Executive Officer of the Year" by Financial News magazine. Dr. Sculley was chosen "Marketing Man of the Year" by both Advertising Age and AdWeek Magazine. He holds a Ph.D., honoris causa, from the Johns Hopkins University, an M.B.A. from Wharton Business School, a B.Sc. in Architecture from Brown University and holds a B.A. from Brown University."

John Sculley - The Costa Report - January 19, 2015
John Sculley III is an American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups. He is most known for his positions as CEO of Pepsi-Cola and Apple, as well as his expertise in disruptive marketing strategies.
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Maj Marty Hogan Funny how more people recognize Steve Jobs than John Sculley, and yet Sculley is the "expert in marketing." I wonder what he (Sculley) would say about Apple's decision to build their own chips vs using Intel. Could be either a short or long response.