19 posts and columns on Ashlee Vance

Bloomberg Bizweek: Steve Ballmer a “Monkey Boy” No More

in News on January 12 at 6:58 am PT

Despite the tough act of following Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer has quietly transformed Microsoft into a different kind of company, at least according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
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He Said, She Said and–Could This Get Any Better?–Larry Ellison Said

in News on August 9, 2010 at 11:04 pm PT

BoomTown hereby bestows upon the New York Times’ Ashlee Vance the award for getting the best quote ever out of the most ironically perfect source ever and, best of all, on the record. That would be high-living Oracle CEO Larry Ellison strafing Hewlett-Packard’s board for ousting CEO Mark Hurd over a controversial relationship with a contractor. Somehow, it all makes sense now.