<noscript></noscript>

<figure id="attachment_18324" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18324" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><noscript></noscript><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18324" class="wp-caption-text">April 8, 1983: Steve Jobs entices John Sculley to Apple as CEO</figcaption></figure>

1983 – John Sculley, who was president of PepsiCo at the time, decides to leave to become president and CEO of Apple Computer at request of Steve Jobs. Sculley’s campaign of “the Pepsi Challenge” was new thinking and helped Pepsi gain market share over Coca Cola. Steve Jobs wanted that passion so he could beat IBM. Sculley was responsible for incorporating the PowerPC chip in Mac computers.John Sculley took the 800 million dollar in sales to 8 billion. Tension ultimately took it’s toll, as Sculley was forced out in 1993 and was replaced by Gil Amelio.

<figure id="attachment_27578" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-27578" style="width: 1746px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-27578" class="wp-caption-text">Subscribe to the Day in Tech History</figcaption></figure>

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook - 

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

• IBM opens MCA to competetors


• Internet Explorer 4.0 is released


• Facebook at 200 million members