Because he didn’t want his struggling startup, NeXT, to look flush with cash, back in 1987, Steve Jobs rushed to hide his Porsche ahead of an investor pitch. two of Apple’s CEOs across the decades have opposite approaches to the same German sports car maker While they are all on the same page when it comes to the company’s products. Nearly forty years later, Apple’s newly appointed chief executive, John Ternus, owns one of the rarest track-only Porsches ever built, and regularly pushes it to its limits on California racetracks.
Jobs came running into the workspace right before billionaire businessman Ross Perot arrived for an investment meeting:, according to former NeXT engineer Randy Adams. The story of Jobs’ car cover-up dates to his post-Apple venture, NeXT, which Apple eventually acquired years later to form the software base of OS X.
Ternus owns one of only 77 units of the track-exclusive Porsche 935, according to Motor1. Based on the 991-generation 911 GT2 RS, the vehicle carries an original base price topping $800,000 (€701,948 before taxes) and packs serious mechanical muscle. Ternus engages with the brand in an entirely different setting: amateur motorsport While Jobs viewed his car as a financial signal that needed to disappear during negotiations.