Technology & Science
May 24, 2007
In Silicon Valley, a Tale of Two Executives
Some observers say the disparity in the cases of Steve Jobs and Gregory Reyes, two longtime Silicon Valley leaders caught up in the stock-options backdating scandal, illustrates the government’s fear of taking on a successful icon such as Jobs, the Apple CEO. But none can say exactly what evidence, or lack thereof, drove the decision to charge one executive and spare the other.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - For two longtime leaders of Silicon Valley technology companies caught up in the stock-options backdating scandal, the contrast could not be more stark.
Gregory Reyes, the former chief executive officer at Brocade Communications Systems Inc., faces criminal charges and a Securities and Exchange civil complaint accusing him of fraud....
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