6. CEO Jim Whitehurst
The former Delta COO has done a great job since joining Red Hat as CEO in 2007. Organic R&D and acquisitions have pushed the company beyond its Linux roots. But Whitehurst needs to prove that Red Hat -- a sub-$2 billion company -- can compete with cloud and software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and VMware.
The former Delta COO has done a great job since joining Red Hat as CEO in 2007. Organic R&D and acquisitions have pushed the company beyond its Linux roots. But Whitehurst needs to prove that Red Hat — a sub-$2 billion company — can compete with cloud and software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and VMware.
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