Comment on Apple's forgotten founder still wandering in the desertparentComments−scott_s16yI actually consider NeXT a commercial success since the company was bought by Apple, and NeXT OS was essentially the basis for OSX.−hugh316yYeah, NeXT got acquired for $427 million, and that was in 1997 dollars. Jobs personally pocketed $100 million in that transaction, plus 1.5 million Apple shares (and remember the stock has split several times since then).−philwelch16yHe sold all that stock later in 1997 as a gambit, though.−flomo16yVery doubtful that anyone ever made any money from NeXT, and that includes Steve Jobs.
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I actually consider NeXT a commercial success since the company was bought by Apple, and NeXT OS was essentially the basis for OSX.
Yeah, NeXT got acquired for $427 million, and that was in 1997 dollars. Jobs personally pocketed $100 million in that transaction, plus 1.5 million Apple shares (and remember the stock has split several times since then).
He sold all that stock later in 1997 as a gambit, though.
Very doubtful that anyone ever made any money from NeXT, and that includes Steve Jobs.