...Shipping more units world-wide than any other computer company, Commodore has grown from sales of $46 million (U.S.) in 1977 to over $680 million (U.S.) million in fiscal 1983 (editor: that $1.45BILLION in 2014 dollars). And much of that success is due to the entrepreneurial instincts of Commodore’s founder and present vice-chairman, Jack Tramiel...
As CBM engineer Bil Herd says, Jack Tramiel's leadership was the key to CBM's success. When Jack left, CBM began its slow, deadly descent to bankruptcy.