Tech CEOs and Their Douchiest Moments

evolveteam August 11, 2014 1
Larry Page

Larry Page (Google)

Douchiest moment: Deliberately choosing to engage with his PDA and ignore a movie mogul during a meeting.

Iconic media executive Barry Diller visited Page during the early days of Google, proclaiming the search engine smartass was locked into his PDA, even asking Page if he was boring him. Page responded with a curt comeback, “No. I’m interested. I always do this,” never glancing up at Diller. That led to Diller offering an ultimatum and Page indicating he’d stick to toying with his handheld device. Can a billionaire entrepreneur really be that un-personable?