Peter Thiel says Apple has done 'nothing new' after Steve Jobs
Source: Business Insider ·
The billionaire venture capitalist said eccentric CEOs like Elon Musk "are way better for society" than Apple Chairman Tim Cook.
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Peter Thiel said that after Steve Jobs died in 2011, Apple hasn't innovated.Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesPeter Thiel said Apple hasn't innovated since the iPhone.Thiel said Tim Cook hasn't taken the company in new directions.The billionaire venture capitalist said eccentric CEOs like Elon Musk "are way better for society."Peter Thiel, evidently, isn't a fan of the iPhone Duo.In fact, the billionaire PayPal cofounder and tech investor said he hasn't been very impressed with much of anything that Apple has done since its eccentric founder, Steve Jobs, died of cancer in 2011."In my telling, it did nothing new after Jobs," Thiel said of the iPhone maker in a September interview with author Walter Isaacson for the "Builder's Podcast," which was released on Thursday."It turned out, yeah, the mobile phone was this giant invention — there was not that much more to do," he said. "Then it was just scaling and branding and building it out over 15 years or whatever."Indeed, Apple has faced…