John Chambers

Chairman and CEO
Cisco Systems

John Chambers helped grow Cisco from $70 million in 1991 when he joined to revenue of $46 billion this past year. The company has struggled with a number of recent consumer efforts, even as it has been shifting its focus to the cloud and pushing the idea of the “Internet of Everything.” Before Cisco, he worked at Wang Laboratories and IBM.

Posts With John Chambers

John Chambers Says Cisco Systems Is “Tough to Beat”

Slow and steady wins the race.
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Cisco’s Q3 Results Beat Street Consensus

Winning in a “slow but steady economic environment,” CEO Chambers says.
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Cisco’s 2013 Is Off to a “Slow Start,” Chambers Says

Wait until the second half.
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Cisco Beats Expectations in Second Fiscal Quarter

A slight beat in a tough market.
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News Byte

Cisco CEO Chambers Files to Sell Shares

Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers has adopted a plan to sell a combined 2.8 million shares of the company’s shares by mid 2014 in a pre-arranged plan, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Chambers will sell 1.3 million shares awarded under a plan approved in 2005 and another 1.5 million shares from other holdings. The shares terminate in September 2014. As of Friday’s closing price of $19.96 a share, the shares would be worth $56 million. Cisco shares fell Friday by more than 1 percent, but have risen by more than 10 percent this year.

Cisco Aims to Wake Up Sleepy Brand With New Campaign

A networking giant tries to reinvigorate a brand that has seen better days.
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Why Cisco CEO John Chambers Loves Canada

Hockey and Tim Hortons? No, it’s the corporate tax rate.
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Cisco’s Chambers: Government Market Is Rocky, but U.S. Sales Are Getting Stronger

If Cisco is an early indicator of the state the U.S. economy, then something good may be happening.
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Cisco Sales, Profits Top Expectations

Cisco Earnings Preview: Near-Term Picture Tough, Long-Term Better

Why America Is Really Worried About Huawei

Cisco CEO Chambers Talks Retirement Plans; Succession Race Officially Begins

Analysts Like Cisco Again After Earnings Beat

Is Cisco Systems Tough Enough for You?

Cisco’s Chambers: We Grow, Our Competitors Shrink. Got It?

Cisco Hangs Tough as Q4 Results Beat Consensus

Cisco Adds Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff to Board

Cisco Cuts 2 Percent of Workforce as Part of Ongoing Restructuring

Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Cisco Posts Results In Line With Street Expectations

Back in Its Skinny Jeans, Cisco Systems Looks for Fat Profits

Cisco Acquires Israeli Video Software Firm NDS for $5 Billion

Never Mind! Cisco Still Totally Hearts Set-Top Boxes.