Google's Not A Real Company. It's A

I Meet With Satya [nadella] What Probably Amounts To Four Or Five Times A Year - Either To Brainstorm Something Or Just As A Shareholder, We'll Sit Down And Chat. That's Always Quite Helpful For Me And Hopefully Him In Terms Of Thinking Things Through. I Still Have A Number Of Friends And Colleagues Who Occasionally Want To Brainstorm Or Chat About Something, And That's Always Fun.

A Plane Is A Guilty Pleasure. I Have One. It's A Great Luxury. I Appreciate It. I Couldn't Do What I Do. It's Not Something You Can Write Down As Anything Other Than, "wow, I Can't Believe I Have This And I'm Absolutely Spoiled And Entitled." On The Other Hand, I Have One And I Use It.

We've Grown From 18% Of The Profits Of The Top 25 Companies In Our Industry To 23% Of The Profits Of The Top 25 Companies In Our Industry Over The Last Five Years. Profits Are Up Over 70%, Where The Industry Profit Is Up About 35%. Pretty Good.

Maybe I'm An Emblem Of An Old Era, And I Have To Move On.

Google's Not A Real Company. It's A House Of Cards.