With the top leadership position at Twitter Inc TWTR currently up in the air, shareholders are waiting with baited breath to see who the company chooses as its next CEO. Current CEO Dick Costolo will be stepping down on July 1 and will be replaced on an interim basis by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Everyone in the business world seems to have an opinion about who the new permanent CEO should be. While shareholders debate the possible candidates, Twitter could end up opting to choose more than one candidate and select co-CEOs.
The idea that two heads in the top leadership position are better than one holds water in principle. However, in practice, some companies that adopt a co-CEO management structure have learned the hard way that more is not always better.
Here’s a look at how share prices of some big-name companies have performed during co-CEO tenures.
BlackBerry
The downfall of BlackBerry Ltd BBRY is well-documented, and the company’s former co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie could do little to stop the bleeding. In the two years prior to their resignations in January 2012, BlackBerry’s stock tanked more than 72 percent, while the S&P 500 was up more than 20 percent.
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (USA) DB recently abandoned a three-year co-CEO experiment. Under dual leadership, the company’s stock fell 3.6 percent, while the S&P 500 gained 63.7 percent.
Oracle
In September of 2014, Oracle Corporation ORCL also appointed…
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