????Jackdaw研究公司的分析師詹?道森說(shuō)：“他們使用現(xiàn)金很有戰(zhàn)略性，不是大舉收購(gòu)求一時(shí)轟動(dòng)，而是要穩(wěn)固產(chǎn)品供應(yīng)鏈。持有這么多現(xiàn)金而不用它推高股價(jià)反而很難說(shuō)得通?！?/p>

????此外奧本海默還負(fù)責(zé)管理蘋(píng)果的內(nèi)部電腦系統(tǒng)，以及遍布各地的辦公樓和數(shù)據(jù)中心，另外對(duì)于蘋(píng)果在亞洲的許多外包業(yè)務(wù)來(lái)說(shuō)，他也扮演著非常重要的角色。（畢竟CFO都喜歡節(jié)省。）最近，他還在加州庫(kù)比蒂諾修建了由喬布斯生前欽定的總部大樓。這座大樓的外觀像一座宇宙飛船，非常具有未來(lái)主義色彩。

????奧本海默于1996年進(jìn)入蘋(píng)果公司工作，起初是一名負(fù)責(zé)美洲地區(qū)的審計(jì)員，當(dāng)時(shí)正逢蘋(píng)果公司江河日下之時(shí)。從此他一步一個(gè)腳印地向上升，在2004年當(dāng)上了蘋(píng)果的CFO。進(jìn)入蘋(píng)果之前，他還曾在自動(dòng)數(shù)據(jù)處理公司（Automatic Data Processing，一家從事薪酬外包服務(wù)的公司）干過(guò)財(cái)務(wù)工作，并曾在Coopers & Lybrand公司任咨詢員。奧本海默本科畢業(yè)于加州理工大學(xué)圣路易斯奧比斯波分校，主修農(nóng)業(yè)商業(yè)，然后在圣克拉拉大學(xué)（Santa Clara University）獲得了MBA學(xué)位。

????7年前，奧本海默在接受加州理工大學(xué)學(xué)生報(bào)采訪時(shí)曾說(shuō)：“我一直認(rèn)為，而且現(xiàn)在也認(rèn)為，有一天我會(huì)回到農(nóng)業(yè)商業(yè)領(lǐng)域?！?/p>

????蘋(píng)果的財(cái)務(wù)副總裁、審計(jì)師盧卡?馬斯特利將接替奧本海默擔(dān)任蘋(píng)果的CFO。馬斯特利6年前從施樂(lè)（Xerox）跳槽到蘋(píng)果，他還有在通用汽車公司（General Motors）和諾基亞西門(mén)子通信公司工作的經(jīng)歷，國(guó)際經(jīng)驗(yàn)深厚。

????奧本海默將于今年九月從蘋(píng)果正式退休，從此有充裕的時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)飛行駕駛，而且還將更多地參與校友會(huì)事務(wù)。另外他近日也受邀成為高盛（Goldman Sachs）董事會(huì)成員。蒂姆?庫(kù)克強(qiáng)調(diào)說(shuō)，奧本海默的退休已經(jīng)計(jì)劃了一段時(shí)間了，新老CFO的交接也將十分順利。分析師們認(rèn)為蘋(píng)果的財(cái)務(wù)管理風(fēng)格以及股權(quán)回購(gòu)計(jì)劃都不會(huì)出現(xiàn)太大變動(dòng)。

????上周二，蒂姆?庫(kù)克在有關(guān)奧本海默退休的一份聲明中提道：“他的指導(dǎo)、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和知識(shí)對(duì)蘋(píng)果的成功起了很大幫助，而且不僅僅是在我們的CFO崗位上，在財(cái)務(wù)之外的許多領(lǐng)域里也是一樣，他經(jīng)常負(fù)責(zé)額外的活動(dòng)來(lái)幫助全公司。作為我們的CFO，他的貢獻(xiàn)和正直為上市公司的CFO們樹(shù)立了一個(gè)新的標(biāo)桿。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

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????"They use cash very strategically, not in a flashy way in making big acquisitions, but to secure the supply chain for their product," said Jan Dawson, an analyst with Jackdaw Research. "It's hard to justify holding onto that huge amount of cash without using it to boost the stock price."

????Oppenheimer oversaw Apple's internal computer systems and its far-flung office buildings and data centers, and he undoubtedly played an important role in the outsourcing of much of Apple's manufacturing operations to Asia. (After all, chief financial officers love savings.) Most recently, he led the campaign started by the late co-founder Steve Jobs to build a new futuristic headquarters resembling a spaceship in Cupertino, Calif.

????Oppenheimer's career at Apple started in 1996 as controller for the Americas, a period during which the company was in steep decline. He slowly made his way up through the ranks to become chief financial officer in 2004. Before Apple, he worked in finance at Automatic Data Processing, a payroll services firm, and as a consultant for Coopers & Lybrand. Oppenheimer majored in agricultural business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and went on to get an MBA from Santa ClaraUniversity.

????"I was always believing, and I still do, that I would someday get back to the agriculture side of the business world," he told the Cal Poly student newspaper seven years ago.

????Luca Maestri, Apple's vice president of finance and controller, will take over as chief financial officer from Oppenheimer. Maestri, who joined Apple last year from Xerox, has extensive international experience following stints at General Motors and Nokia Siemens Networks.

????Oppenheimer will formally retire in September to give himself the free time to finish the requirements for a pilot license and to become more involved with his alma mater, among other things. He also recently accepted a seat on the board of Goldman Sachs. Cook stressed that Oppenheimer's retirement had been planned for some time and that the succession will be smooth. Analysts expect few major changes in how the company manages its finances or to its share buyback program.

????"His guidance, leadership and expertise have been instrumental to Apple's success, not only as our CFO. but also in many areas beyond finance, as he frequently took on additional activities to assist across the company," Cook said in a statement on Tuesday announcing Oppenheimer's retirement plans. "His contributions and integrity as our CFO create a new benchmark for public company CFOs."