Jon Rubinstein – a man who has seen stints at high profile companies including NeXT, Apple, Palm and finally HP. Rubinstein’s notable accomplishments include working on the original iPod and later overseeing the creation of webOS and Palm’s comeback devices including the Pre, Pixi and later, the HP released TouchPad. Following HP’s acquisition of Palm, [...]

Fast Company’s “Geek of the Year” award has always been accepted well among geeks and tech enthusiasts, and in 2009, it was Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein who received the honor, mostly for his work on the Palm Pre and WebOS. The other nominees were Evan Williams and Biz Stone of Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook [...]

Just yesterday we notified you that Jon Rubinstein would be taking over Ed Colligan’s as Palm’s CEO and now news regarding the financial backings of it all are leaking out. Apparantly, Jon Rubinstein’s new salary, before taxes, is set at $850,000. And, to add to that, he has a 100% chance of an annual bonus [...]

It was recently announced that Jon Rubinstein, a man celebrated for finally getting the Palm Pre out the door, has replaced Ed Colligan as CEO of the company. After a seemingly much needed leave of absence, Colligan will take up a position as Elevation Partners, one of the major investors in Palm. If you don’t [...]