emily: you came out of sybase looking like a hero.u came out of sybase looking like a hero. and great ceo's and executives there is often a myth about them that is sort of boiled down to legend. what is the myth of john chen? and what is the reality? john: i actually think i'm a pretty simple, straightforward kind of guy. i like working with people. i like focusing on objectives and results. most people ask me, why are you doing this? the company is already dead. to me, it is just, i am just going to take one step at a time and do better every day. eventually, we will break through. i am actually a lot more relaxed than most people think. emily: people are telling you that blackberry is already dead. john: yes. emily: why did you take this job? john: that is a great question. i think i flunked retirement. [laughter] john: that is probably the real -- there is a bunch of reasons. i could give you this reason about it being iconic in the industry, and it's a great company that has a lot of technology, therefore i think there is a lot of

emily: you sold sybase to s.a.p. are you going to sell blackberry?here is a standard answer for public company officers. emily: give me the nonstandard answer. john: the nonstandard? i would prefer to build a lot of value before i contemplate that. emily: as the ceo, you owe it to shareholders to consider offers. john: absolutely. it is not only fair. it's not only the shareholders, it's also the employees. one thing i am proud of about sybase, is that the people who slaved away with me for so long, although selling to s.a.p. was not my desired outcome, i was hoping to build a big company. it was the right thing. they gave us an offer that was very hard to refuse. emily: if you got a good enough offer? you would sell? john: if i got a good enough offer, i would. emily: what kind of offers have come across your desk? john: no, i don't have any offers. emily: no? john: people like to talk. talk is not an offer. emily: would you sell to a chinese company? john: the answer is i would probably be unable to do that. one of our biggest install bases is the

famously taking the enterprise software maker sybase from the verge of death to $5.8 billion powerhousesay is an impossible job leading blackberry's comeback. can he prove them wrong? and just how did he become the tech industry's fixer? my guest is today on "studio 1.0" is blackberry ceo john chen. john, thank you so much for joining us. john: thank you for having me. emily: even