Scott McNealy is chairman and CEO Sun Microsystems. McNealy is a keen amateur ice hockey player and he owns a dog, called Network. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 but didn't assume the role of CEO until 1984.
Absent from last year's Agenda Setters, Scott McNealy reappears this time around not only for his work running Sun, which has seen its share of troubles in recent years but for his role as an evangelist in the greater IT industry.
In McNealy's opinion, much of Sun's problem is merely perception - compounded by flawed Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) which draw attention away from the company's track record of cash generation.
Ed Zander's departure from Sun Microsystems could spell the end of the company's dreams of becoming a top web services player. The departure of CEO Scott McNealy's right hand man is just the latest in a spate of high profile walk outs.
Previously, CEO Scott McNealy had said the company didn't need to fill the position, after the departure of Ed Zander in 2002. The executives said they had been working on the deal for a year, since McNealy had made a call to his Microsoft...
As a result, he may avoid the criticism encountered by company founder and CEO predecessor Scott McNealy, who was faulted by many industry observers and some former Sun executives as having moved too slowly in bringing Sun's costs in line with its...