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Mark Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-President. Mark Hurd News. Mark Hurd falls, could Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs be next? Mark Hurd has fallen.

Mark Hurd falls, could Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs be next?

Could Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs be next? You would hope not but that is what Larry Ellison’s letter to the New York Times, nicely covered by Ashley Vance, implies and it says a lot of about the uneven state of corporate governance at the moment. Steve Jobs was fired once and likely came close to being fired again for infractions that seemed far less damaging than what took out Mark Hurd, and Larry Ellison is infamous for having affairs with subordinates himself suggesting his concerns may be very real in this post-crash world of boards who are increasing afraid they may be held personally liable for executive mistakes. Ranking the CEOs with the most individual power in the valley you would typically put Steve Jobs first, Larry Ellison second and Mark Hurd third before he was fired. If Hurd can be fired in this new world could Larry and Steve be next? The Problem of Corporate Governance So the HP board could have made a mistake, but did they?

Oracle CEO says the firing of Mark Hurd was the worst decision HP could make. Why Does Mark Hurd Get $50 Million Severance When He Lied In His Expense Reports?* MARK HURD IS AN INNOCENT VICTIM... Of A Gold-Digging E-List Actress And A Wimpy Board. Here's The Real Reason HP CEO Mark Hurd Was Fired (As Best We Can Tell...) Now that everyone has gotten over the shock of HP CEO Mark Hurd getting ejected on an August Friday afternoon--with the timing of the announcement obviously chosen to minimize bad PR--people are looking more closely at the details.

Here's The Real Reason HP CEO Mark Hurd Was Fired (As Best We Can Tell...)

And the details leave big questions as to what really happened. Some, including Larry Ellison, are suggesting that Hurd was fired because HP's board was too wimpy to weather the bad publicity that would accompany a bogus sexual harassment lawsuit. And the facts certainly fit that story. As of yesterday afternoon, HP was (mostly) sticking by its guns: Hurd was ousted, the company told us, because HP found: And that sounds awful. But he wasn't. Instead, he was allowed to resign. Jodie Fisher reportedly settles claim against ousted HP chief Mark Hurd. The woman who made the sexual harassment accusations leading to the ouster Friday of Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd identified herself Sunday and said that she and Hurd had resolved the claim privately and without litigation.

Jodie Fisher reportedly settles claim against ousted HP chief Mark Hurd

Jodie Fisher, who worked on contract for HP's marketing department, said she was "surprised and saddened" that Hurd lost his job. She said that the two did not have a sexual relationship. A clearer picture emerged Sunday of the woman whose complaints led to the departure of Hurd, whose reputation as a business manager was unimpeachable on Wall Street. Fisher, 50, worked as an actress through the 1990s, appearing in such racy movies as "Intimate Obsession" and "Body of Influence 2. " She was also a contestant on an NBC reality show that aired for one season in 2007 called "Age of Love," in which Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis looked for love among two sets of women, one in their 20s and the other in their 40s. Statement: Jodie Fisher's statement on her relationship with ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd.

Posted: 05/02/2012 10:35:42 PM PDT0 Comments|Updated: about a year ago Congratulations!

Statement: Jodie Fisher's statement on her relationship with ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd

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HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns After Sexual-Harassment Probe. SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co. ousted its CEO on Friday for allegedly falsifying documents to conceal a relationship with a former contractor and help her get paid for work she didn't do.

HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns After Sexual-Harassment Probe

News of Mark Hurd's abrupt departure sent HP's stock tumbling. Shares of the world's biggest maker of personal computers and printers have doubled in value during his five-year stewardship, and HP became the world's No. 1 technology company by revenue in that time. The company said it learned about the relationship several weeks ago, when the woman, who did marketing work for HP, sent a letter accusing Hurd, 53, and the company of sexual harassment. An investigation found that Hurd falsified expense reports and other financial documents to conceal the relationship.

The company said it found that its sexual harassment policy wasn't violated but that its standards of business conduct were. Mark Hurd's People Are Denying Pretty Much Everything HP's Board Said He Did.