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Ex-Apple CEO admits regret over firing Steve Jobs

The former Apple CEO who fired Steve Jobs from the company in the 1980s says he regrets pushing Jobs out of the company and wishes that he had hired him back.

John Sculley, who apparently clashed with Jobs while they were both at Apple, told CNNMoney: “I wish in hindsight I had reached back to Steve and told him, 'I want to help you come back to Apple’

“I wish Apple had hired him back sooner rather than later.”

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