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Capital: |
€ 625 million |
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Age: |
59 |
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Born: |
11/01/1960 |
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Country of origin: |
United States of America |
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Source of wealth: |
Entrepreneurs |
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Last updated: |
2022 |
Short introduction
Timothy Donald Cook (born November 1, 1960 in Mobile, Alabama, USA) is American’s manager and CEO from Apple. He joined the company in March 1998. After the resignation of Steve Jobs (due to the old disease) on August 24, 2011, he took over as CEO.
Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president and later served as Vice President of Executive Sales and Business throughout the world. He was appointed as the Director of Executive on August 24, 2011 before Jobs died in October this year. During his term of office as the Head of Executive, he recommended the reform of international and national supervision, cyberspace security, company taxation, American manufacturing and environmental protection.
In 2014, Cook became the first director of the Fortune 500 company known as gay. Cook also serves the Nike Council, Inc., National Football Foundation and is a guardian of Duke University. In March 2015, he said he planned to donate all his equity to charity.
Early life
The team grew up in Alabama. His father was a shipyard worker, his mother was a housewife. Cook received a bachelor’s degree in industrial production from Auburn University in 1982 and an MBA degree from Fukua School at Duke University in 1988.
Career highlights
Tim Cook is a fan of fitness and likes to cycling. Cook up every morning and do yoga. During a speech at Auburn University in 2010, he stressed the importance of intuition for decision making in life.
For three years, one of the most read and influential LGBT magazines has placed Tim Cook on the list of electricity – the list of “50 LGBTQ people most influential in American culture today” (50 LGBT people most influential in American culture today). In 2012 and 2013 he came first and in 2014 the second, but with words: “The technological teacher who was said calmly could be the most powerful gay man in the world – or at least in the digital hemisphere”.
As Apple Inc. CEO, Cook regularly starts sending an email at 4:30 pm. Previously, he held an employee telephone meeting on Sunday night to prepare for next week. Cook announced in May 2013 that his leadership was focused on people, strategies and executions; He said, “If you do these three things correctly, the world is the right place.” Under Cook’s leadership, Apple has increased its donations to charity. In 2013, he employed Lisa Jackson, who previously led the Environmental Protection Agency, to help Apple develop her renewable energy activities.
Famous quotes
“Let your joy be in your journey – not in some distant goal.” …
“It’s about finding your values, and committing to them. …
“From the onset, I wanted to pour every ounce that I had in myself into the company. …
“History rarely yields to one person, but think and never forget what happens when it does.
