Summary Box: Apple director and auto industry expert Jerome York dies at 71
By APThursday, March 18, 2010
Summary Box: Jerome York dies at 71
WHAT HAPPENED: Jerome York died Thursday of a brain aneurysm at a Pontiac, Mich., hospital. He was 71.
IMPACT ON BUSINESS: York has served as a board member of Apple Inc. since 1997 and helped to lead comebacks in the 1980s and 1990s as chief financial officer at Chrysler Corp. and IBM Corp. He also worked with billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian in a failed bid to buy Chrysler in the 1990s.
HIS REPUTATION: York was known for his ability to quickly diagnose and fix corporate financial problems.
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