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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83" title="تيم كوك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تيم كوك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kuk" title="Tim Kuk – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tim Kuk" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95" title="টিম কুক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="টিম কুক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA" title="Цім Кук – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Цім Кук" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA" title="Тим Кук – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тим Кук" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B9%CE%BC_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA" title="Τιμ Κουκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τιμ Κουκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9" title="تیم کوک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تیم کوک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%80_%EC%BF%A1" title="팀 쿡 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="팀 쿡" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D5%94%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF" title="Թիմ Քուկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թիմ Քուկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95" title="टिम कुक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="टिम कुक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A7" title="טים קוק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טים קוק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D" title="ಟಿಮ್ ಕುಕ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಟಿಮ್ ಕುಕ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA" title="Тим Кук – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Тим Кук" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tims_Kuks" title="Tims Kuks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tims Kuks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95" title="टिम कुक – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="टिम कुक" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="ടിം കുക്ക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ടിം കുക്ക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95" title="टिम कूक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="टिम कूक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83" title="تيم كوك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تيم كوك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%90%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%80%E1%80%BD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA" title="တင် ကွတ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="တင် ကွတ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95" title="टिम कुक – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="टिम कुक" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="ティム・クック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ティム・クック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Cook" title="Timothy D. Cook – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Timothy D. Cook" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%95" title="ਟਿਮ ਕੁਕ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਟਿਮ ਕੁਕ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tim Cook" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tim Cook" 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</div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American business executive (born 1960)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named Tim Cook, see <a href="/wiki/Tim_Cook_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Tim Cook (disambiguation)">Tim Cook (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Tim Cook</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg/220px-Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg/330px-Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg/440px-Visit_of_Tim_Cook_to_the_European_Commission_-_P061904-946789.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2667" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cook in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Timothy Donald Cook</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-11-01</span>) </span>November 1, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Business_executive" title="Business executive">Business executive</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> (1998–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> of Apple Inc. (2011–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Board member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike, Inc.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.apple.com/leadership/tim-cook">apple.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png/150px-Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png/225px-Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png/300px-Tim_Cook%27s_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="118" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Timothy Donald Cook</b> (born November 1, 1960)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> Cook had previously been the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations, and then as vice president for worldwide sales and operations.<sup id="cite_ref-people.forbes.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people.forbes.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed chief executive on August 24, 2011, after Jobs, who had cancer, resigned and died later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-nike2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nike2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure as the chief executive of Apple and while serving on its board of directors, he has advocated for the political reform of international and domestic surveillance, <a href="/wiki/Computer_security" title="Computer security">cybersecurity</a>, national manufacturing, and <a href="/wiki/Environmental_preservation" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental preservation">environmental preservation</a>. Since becoming CEO, Cook has also replaced Jobs's micromanagement with a more liberal style and implemented a collaborative culture at Apple.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 314">: 314 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2011 when he took over Apple, to 2020, Cook doubled the company's revenue and profit, and the company's <a href="/wiki/Market_value" title="Market value">market value</a> increased from $348 billion to $1.9 trillion.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, Apple was the <a href="/wiki/Largest_technology_company_by_revenue" class="mw-redirect" title="Largest technology company by revenue">largest technology company by revenue</a>, with <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$394.33</span><span class="nowrap"> </span>billion.<sup id="cite_ref-Global_500_2023_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Global_500_2023-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook is also on the boards of directors of <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike, Inc.</a><sup id="cite_ref-nike2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nike2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Foundation" title="National Football Foundation">National Football Foundation</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-NFF_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he is a trustee of <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a>, his alma mater.<sup id="cite_ref-DU-BoT_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DU-BoT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside of Apple, Cook engages in philanthropy; in March 2015 he said he planned to donate his fortune to <a href="/wiki/Charity_(practice)" title="Charity (practice)">charity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Cook became the first and only chief executive of a <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500"><i>Fortune</i> 500</a> company to publicly come out as <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2014, the Alabama Academy of Honor inducted Cook, who spoke on the state's record of <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Alabama" title="LGBTQ rights in Alabama">LGBT rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the highest honor Alabama gives its citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012 and 2021, Cook appeared on the <a href="/wiki/Time_100" title="Time 100"><i>Time</i> 100</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Time2012_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time2012-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Cook was born on November 1, 1960, in the city of <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AL.com-Robertsdale_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AL.com-Robertsdale-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was baptized in a <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> church and grew up in the nearby city <a href="/wiki/Robertsdale,_Alabama" title="Robertsdale, Alabama">Robertsdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Donald Cook,<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Shipyard" title="Shipyard">shipyard</a> worker.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Geraldine Cook,<sup id="cite_ref-auto11_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto11-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> worked at a pharmacy.<sup id="cite_ref-AL.com-Robertsdale_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AL.com-Robertsdale-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook graduated <a href="/wiki/Salutatorian" title="Salutatorian">salutatorian</a> from the public <a href="/wiki/Robertsdale_High_School" title="Robertsdale High School">Robertsdale High School</a> in Alabama in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cook received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> with a major in <a href="/wiki/Industrial_engineering" title="Industrial engineering">industrial engineering</a> from <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> in 1982 and a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">Master of Business Administration</a> from <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a> in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dukenews_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dukenews-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-Apple_era">Pre-Apple era</h3></div> <p>After graduating from Auburn University, Cook spent twelve years in <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>'s personal computer business, ultimately as director of North American <a href="/wiki/Order_fulfillment" title="Order fulfillment">fulfillment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time, Cook also earned his MBA from Duke University, becoming a Fuqua Scholar in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, he was the <a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">chief operating officer</a> of the computer reseller division of Intelligent Electronics.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, he became the vice president for corporate materials at <a href="/wiki/Compaq" title="Compaq">Compaq</a>, but took up his position at Apple six months later.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_Money_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN_Money-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apple_era">Apple era</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_career">Early career</h4></div> <p>In 1998, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> asked Cook to join Apple. In a <a href="/wiki/Commencement_speech" title="Commencement speech">commencement speech</a> at <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a>, Cook said he decided to join Apple after meeting Jobs: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Any purely rational consideration of cost and benefits lined up in Compaq's favor, and the people who knew me best advised me to stay at Compaq... On that day in early 1998, I listened to my intuition, not the left side of my brain or for that matter even the people who knew me best... no more than five minutes into my initial interview with Steve, I wanted to throw caution and logic to the wind and join Apple. My intuition already knew that joining Apple was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work for the creative genius and to be on the executive team that could resurrect a great American company.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>His first position was senior vice president for worldwide operations.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook closed factories and warehouses, and replaced them with contract manufacturers; this resulted in a reduction of the company's inventory from months to days. Predicting its importance, his group had invested in long-term deals such as advance investment in <a href="/wiki/Flash_memory" title="Flash memory">flash memory</a> since 2005. This guaranteed a stable supply of what became the <a href="/wiki/IPod_Nano" title="IPod Nano">iPod Nano</a>, then <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> and <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>. Competitors at <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a> described their cancelled <a href="/wiki/HP_TouchPad" title="HP TouchPad">HP TouchPad</a> tablet computer and later said that it was made from "cast-off, reject iPad parts".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook's actions were recognized for keeping costs under control, and combined with the rest of the company, generated huge profits.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg/220px-Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg/330px-Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg/440px-Tim_Cook_WWDC_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="1370" /></a><figcaption>Cook giving the <a href="/wiki/Keynote" title="Keynote">keynote</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Apple_Worldwide_Developers_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Worldwide Developers Conference">2012 World Wide Developers Conference</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook was promoted to lead operations and was chief executive in 2009, while Jobs, in failing health, was away on a leave of absence. In January 2011, Apple's board of directors approved a third medical leave of absence requested by Jobs. During that time, Cook was responsible for most of Apple's day-to-day operations, while Jobs made most major decisions.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rob_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rob-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Apple_chief_executive">Apple chief executive</h4></div> <p>After Jobs resigned as CEO and became chairman of the board, Cook was named the new chief executive officer of Apple Inc. on August 24, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six weeks later, on October 5, 2011, Jobs died due to complications from <a href="/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer" title="Pancreatic cancer">pancreatic cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gizmododaybeforehedied_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gizmododaybeforehedied-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Forbes</i> contributor Robin Ferracone wrote in September 2011: "Jobs and Cook proceeded to forge a strong partnership, and rescued the company from its death spiral, which took it from $11 billion in revenue in 1995 down to less than $6 billion in 1998 ... Under their leadership, the company went from its nadir to a remarkable $100 billion today".<sup id="cite_ref-Rob_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rob-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 29, 2012, Cook made major changes to the company's executive team. <a href="/wiki/Scott_Forstall" title="Scott Forstall">Scott Forstall</a> resigned as senior vice president of <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> after the poorly received launch of <a href="/wiki/Apple_Maps" title="Apple Maps">Apple Maps</a>, and became an advisor to Cook until he eventually departed from the company in 2013. <a href="/wiki/John_Browett" title="John Browett">John Browett</a>, who was senior VP of retail, was dismissed six months after he commenced at Apple, and given 100,000 shares worth US$60 million.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forstall's duties were divided among four other Apple executives: design SVP <a href="/wiki/Jony_Ive" title="Jony Ive">Jony Ive</a> assumed leadership of Apple's human interface team; <a href="/wiki/Craig_Federighi" title="Craig Federighi">Craig Federighi</a> became the new head of iOS software engineering; services chief <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Cue" title="Eddy Cue">Eddy Cue</a> became responsible for Maps and Siri; and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mansfield" title="Bob Mansfield">Bob Mansfield</a>, previously SVP of hardware engineering, became the head of a new technology group.<sup id="cite_ref-applepr_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-applepr-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Apple_CEO,_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21,_2016_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_Apple_CEO%2C_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21%2C_2016_%281%29.jpg/250px-The_Apple_CEO%2C_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21%2C_2016_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_Apple_CEO%2C_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21%2C_2016_%281%29.jpg/330px-The_Apple_CEO%2C_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21%2C_2016_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_Apple_CEO%2C_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21%2C_2016_%281%29.jpg/500px-The_Apple_CEO%2C_Mr._Tim_Cook_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_21%2C_2016_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1392" /></a><figcaption>Cook with Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> in New Delhi</figcaption></figure> <p>Cook made the executive changes after the third quarter of the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a>, when revenues and profits grew less than predicted.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forstall's resignation was widely seen as a dismissal,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> allegedly caused by Cook's desire to reduce "rivalries between executives",<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 127">: 127 </span></sup> and drew criticism, as Forstall had been seen as a possible successor to Cook.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 28, 2014, Cook made headlines when he challenged shareholders to "get out of the stock" if they did not share the company's views on sustainability and climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2016, Cook traveled to China to meet with government officials there after the Chinese government closed Apple's online iTunes Store and Apple Books store.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg/250px-Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg/330px-Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg/500px-Tim_Cook_with_Chongqing_Mayor_Huang_in_Apple_Jiefangbei.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3918" data-file-height="2939" /></a><figcaption>Cook with <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a> Mayor <a href="/wiki/Huang_Qifan" title="Huang Qifan">Huang</a> in <a href="/wiki/Apple_Store" title="Apple Store">Apple Store</a> <a href="/wiki/Jiefangbei_CBD" title="Jiefangbei CBD">Jiefangbei</a>, China, August 17, 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2016, some analysts compared Cook to former <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ballmer" title="Steve Ballmer">Steve Ballmer</a>, claiming that innovation had died down since he replaced Jobs, similar to when Ballmer became Microsoft CEO in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2017, Cook was a speaker at the <a href="/wiki/World_Internet_Conference" title="World Internet Conference">World Internet Conference</a> in China.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook was appointed chairman of the advisory board for <a href="/wiki/Tsinghua_University_School_of_Economics_and_Management" title="Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management">Tsinghua University's economics school</a> in October 2019 for a three-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several other lawmakers criticized Cook in 2019 over Apple's decision to remove an app used by pro-democracy <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Hong Kong protests">protesters in Hong Kong</a> from its App Store.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They accused Apple of <a href="/wiki/Overseas_censorship_of_Chinese_issues" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas censorship of Chinese issues">censorship</a>, and co-signed a letter to Cook that read, "Apple's decisions last week to accommodate the Chinese government by taking down <a href="/wiki/HKmap.live" title="HKmap.live">HKMaps</a> is deeply concerning. We urge you in the strongest terms to reverse course, to demonstrate that Apple puts values above market access, and to stand with the brave men and women fighting for basic rights and dignity in Hong Kong."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook explained in an internal letter why the company removed the Hong Kong mapping app used by protesters to coordinate movements.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Cook signed a $275 billion deal with Chinese officials.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal – personally negotiated by Cook – paved the way for increased censorship by Apple in China, for example the removal of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> content, preventing users from entering numbers that refer to the date of the <a href="/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiananmen Square Massacre">Tiananmen Square Massacre</a>, censoring Chinese words like "human rights" or "democracy", and manipulating <a href="/wiki/Apple_Maps" title="Apple Maps">Apple Maps</a> to support China in the <a href="/wiki/Senkaku_Islands_dispute" title="Senkaku Islands dispute">Senkaku Islands dispute</a> by making Chinese-claimed islands appear larger than they actually were.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2021, Cook received an approximate $750 million payout, selling more than five million shares in Apple, ten years after becoming CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_image">Public image</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership_style">Leadership style</h3></div> <p>As Apple Inc. CEO, Cook regularly begins sending emails at 4:30 am each weekday, and in the past held Sunday-night staff meetings by telephone to prepare for the next week.<sup id="cite_ref-cnnnov2008_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnnov2008-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2013 Cook shared that his leadership focused on people, strategy, and execution; he explained, "If you get those three right the world is a great place."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Cook's leadership, Apple increased its donations to charity, and in 2013 he hired <a href="/wiki/Lisa_P._Jackson" title="Lisa P. Jackson">Lisa Jackson</a>, formerly the head of the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a>, to assist Apple with the development of its renewable energy activities.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dig_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dig-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_affiliations">Public affiliations</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg/250px-Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg/330px-Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg/500px-Donald_Trump_and_Tim_Cook_2018-04-25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption>Cook with President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in the Oval Office at the White House, April 25, 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">the 2008 election cycle</a>, Cook donated to Barack Obama's <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_primary_campaign,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008">first White House election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it had been reported in early 2011 that Cook was gay,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the time, and prior to his October 2014 public statement, Cook chose to keep his personal life private.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did publicly support <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights">LGBT rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Cook said he donated to <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> senators <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy">Patrick Leahy</a> for their stances on <a href="/wiki/E-book" class="mw-redirect" title="E-book">e-book</a> pricing and surveillance reform, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the same election cycle, he hosted a fundraiser for Republican senator <a href="/wiki/Rob_Portman" title="Rob Portman">Rob Portman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early March 2016, Cook disclosed that he donated to the election campaign of Democratic representative <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Lofgren" title="Zoe Lofgren">Zoe Lofgren</a> of California. In early June, Cook hosted a private fundraiser along with then speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a>. The event was described by <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> as "a joint fundraising committee aimed at helping to elect other House <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:1_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tim_Cook_(2017).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Tim_Cook_%282017%29.jpg/220px-Tim_Cook_%282017%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Tim_Cook_%282017%29.jpg/330px-Tim_Cook_%282017%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Tim_Cook_%282017%29.jpg/440px-Tim_Cook_%282017%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Cook in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 election</a>, Cook raised funds for the <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016">presidential campaign</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one point, Clinton's campaign <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, 2016">considered Cook as a candidate for Vice President</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2017 at <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." title="Bloomberg L.P.">Bloomberg</a>'s Global Business Forum, Cook defended the <a href="/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_Arrivals" title="Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals">DACA immigration program</a>. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the direction of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s administration, stating: "This is unacceptable. This is not who we are as a country. I am personally shocked that there is even a discussion of this."<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, at a privacy conference in Brussels, Cook expressed his opinions on the stockpiling of personal data by tech firms, suggesting that it amounted to surveillance and should make the public "very uncomfortable."<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a meeting for the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board with President Donald Trump in March 2019, Trump referred to Cook as "Tim Apple".<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook leaned into the slip-up by changing his display name on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> to Tim Apple.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 20, 2025, Cook attended the standing room only second inauguration of Donald Trump inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Other billionaires were also there including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Cook is a <a href="/wiki/Physical_fitness" title="Physical fitness">fitness</a> enthusiast and enjoys hiking, cycling, and going to the gym. He is known for being solitary, using an off-campus fitness center for privacy, and little is publicly shared about his personal life. He explained in October 2014 that he has sought to achieve a "basic level of privacy".<sup id="cite_ref-cnnnov2008_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnnnov2008-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dig_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dig-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook was misdiagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a> in 1996, an incident he said made him "see the world in a different way". He has since taken part in charity fundraising, such as cycle races to raise money for the disease. He later told the <a href="/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn</a> alumni magazine that his symptoms came from "lugging a lot of incredibly heavy luggage around".<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cook has said that in 2009 he offered a portion of his <a href="/wiki/Liver" title="Liver">liver</a> to Jobs, as they shared a rare blood type. Cook said that Jobs responded by yelling, "I'll never let you do that. I'll never do that."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While delivering the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Commencement_speech" title="Commencement speech">commencement speech</a> at Auburn, Cook emphasized the importance of <a href="/wiki/Intuition_(philosophy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Intuition (philosophy)">intuition</a> during significant decision-making processes, and explained that preparation and hard work are also necessary to execute on intuition.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Cook was named to Duke University's board of trustees for a six-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later delivered the university's commencement address in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2014, Cook attended San Francisco's <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Pride" title="San Francisco Pride">gay pride parade</a> along with a delegation of Apple staff.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 30, Cook publicly <a href="/wiki/Came_out_as_gay" class="mw-redirect" title="Came out as gay">came out as gay</a> in an editorial for <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Businessweek" title="Bloomberg Businessweek"><i>Bloomberg Business</i></a>, saying, "I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me."<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg.com_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg.com-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He consulted with <a href="/wiki/Anderson_Cooper" title="Anderson Cooper">Anderson Cooper</a>, who had publicly come out himself, on aspects of the statement, and cleared the timing to ensure it would not distract from business interests.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook had been open about his sexuality "for years", and while many people at the company were aware of his sexual orientation, he sought to focus on Apple's products and customers rather than his personal life. He ended his <a href="/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed">op-ed</a> by writing, "We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick."<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg.com_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg.com-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, Cook clarified on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Show_with_Stephen_Colbert" title="The Late Show with Stephen Colbert">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</a>,</i> "Where I valued my privacy significantly, I felt that I was valuing it too far above what I could do for other people, so I wanted to tell everyone my truth."<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2019, he talked about the decision and remarked on how it was thanks to <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a> people who had fought for <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United States">their rights</a> before him that paved the way for his success, and that he needed to let younger generations know that—in a coding analogy—he saw being gay as a feature his life had to offer rather than any problem.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He hoped his openness could help <a href="/wiki/Homelessness_among_LGBT_youth_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness among LGBT youth in the United States">LGBTQ youth dealing with homelessness</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suicide_among_LGBT_youth" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide among LGBT youth">suicide</a> hope that their situation could get better.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times_Person_of_the_Year" title="Financial Times Person of the Year"><i>Financial Times </i>Person of the Year</a> (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Center_for_Justice_and_Human_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights">Ripple of Change Award</a> (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)"><i>Fortune</i></a>'s World's Greatest Leader (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Academy_of_Honor" title="Alabama Academy of Honor">Alabama Academy of Honor</a>: Inductee (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-:02_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a>'s Visibility Award (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Science" title="Doctor of Science">Doctor of Science</a> from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Courage Against Hate award from <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" 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title="The Keyboard Company">The Keyboard Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lala_(website)" title="Lala (website)">Lala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metaio" title="Metaio">Metaio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NeXT" title="NeXT">NeXT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nothing_Real" title="Nothing Real">Nothing Real</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P.A._Semi" title="P.A. 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Semi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_Computing_Corporation" title="Power Computing Corporation">Power Computing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PrimeSense" title="PrimeSense">PrimeSense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shazam_(music_app)" title="Shazam (music app)">Shazam Entertainment Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siri" title="Siri">Siri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texture_(app)" title="Texture (app)">Texture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsy_Labs" title="Topsy Labs">Topsy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Apple_Inc._partnerships" title="Category:Apple Inc. partnerships">Partnerships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/AIM_alliance" title="AIM alliance">AIM alliance</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kaleida_Labs" title="Kaleida Labs">Kaleida Labs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taligent" title="Taligent">Taligent</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akamai_Technologies" title="Akamai Technologies">Akamai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arm_Holdings" title="Arm Holdings">Arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DiDi" title="DiDi">DiDi</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Digital_Ocean" title="Digital Ocean">Digital Ocean</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFund" title="IFund">iFund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imagination_Technologies" title="Imagination Technologies">Imagination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockstar_Consortium" title="Rockstar Consortium">Rockstar Consortium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc._advertising" title="Apple Inc. advertising">Advertising</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/1984_(advertisement)" title="1984 (advertisement)">1984</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Think_different" title="Think different">Think different</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_a_Mac" title="Get a Mac">Get a Mac</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPod_advertising" title="IPod advertising">iPod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Product_Red" title="Product Red">Product Red</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_ecosystem" title="Apple ecosystem">Ecosystem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Apple_Inc._media_events" title="List of Apple Inc. media events">Events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc." title="Criticism of Apple Inc.">Criticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_repair" title="Right to repair">Right to repair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple%27s_EU_tax_dispute" title="Apple's EU tax dispute">Tax</a></li></ul></li> <li>Headquarters <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Campus" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Campus">Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Park" title="Apple Park">Park</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_University" title="Apple University">University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc._design_motifs" title="Apple Inc. design motifs">Design</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Industrial_Design_Group" title="Apple Industrial Design Group">IDg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Typography_of_Apple_Inc." title="Typography of Apple Inc.">Typography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Designed_by_Apple_in_California" title="Designed by Apple in California">Book</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc." title="History of Apple Inc.">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Apple_codenames" title="List of Apple codenames">Codenames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_FileWare" title="Apple FileWare">Apple FileWare</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_community" title="Apple community">Community</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AppleMasters" title="AppleMasters">AppleMasters</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litigation_involving_Apple_Inc." title="Litigation involving Apple Inc.">Litigation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_(2024)" title="United States v. Apple (2024)">2024 U.S. antitrust case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Pepper" title="Apple Inc. v. Pepper">App Store antitrust case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation" title="High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation">Non-recruiting agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_v._Apple_(2012)" title="United States v. Apple (2012)">Price-fixing ebooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93Apple_encryption_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI–Apple encryption dispute">FBI encryption dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple" title="Epic Games v. Apple">Epic Games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IOS_app_approvals" title="IOS app approvals">iOS app approvals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_and_unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple and unions">Unions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AppleToo" title="AppleToo">#AppleToo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_depictions_of_Steve_Jobs" title="List of depictions of Steve Jobs">Depictions of Steve Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_on_Apple_devices" title="Linux on Apple devices">Linux</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Linux" title="Asahi Linux">Asahi Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPodLinux" title="IPodLinux">iPodLinux</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_car_project" title="Apple car project">Car project</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Apple_Inc._executives" title="Category:Apple Inc. executives">Executives</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tim Cook</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Williams_(Apple)" title="Jeff Williams (Apple)">Jeff Williams</a> (COO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevan_Parekh" title="Kevan Parekh">Kevan Parekh</a> (CFO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_L._Adams" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine L. Adams">Katherine Adams</a> (General Counsel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Cue" title="Eddy Cue">Eddy Cue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Federighi" title="Craig Federighi">Craig Federighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Ge_Mahe" title="Isabel Ge Mahe">Isabel Ge Mahe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Giannandrea" title="John Giannandrea">John Giannandrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_P._Jackson" title="Lisa P. Jackson">Lisa Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Joswiak" title="Greg Joswiak">Greg Joswiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabih_Khan" title="Sabih Khan">Sabih Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luca_Maestri" title="Luca Maestri">Luca Maestri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_O%27Brien" title="Deirdre O'Brien">Deirdre O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Riccio" title="Dan Riccio">Dan Riccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Schiller" title="Phil Schiller">Phil Schiller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johny_Srouji" title="Johny Srouji">Johny Srouji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ternus" title="John Ternus">John Ternus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Scott_(Apple)" title="Michael Scott (Apple)">Michael Scott</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Markkula" title="Mike Markkula">Mike Markkula</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sculley" title="John Sculley">John Sculley</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Spindler" title="Michael Spindler">Michael Spindler</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Amelio" title="Gil Amelio">Gil Amelio</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jony_Ive" title="Jony Ive">Jony Ive</a> (CDO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Ahrendts" title="Angela Ahrendts">Angela Ahrendts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_D._Anderson" title="Fred D. Anderson">Fred D. Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Browett" title="John Browett">John Browett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrino_De_Luca" title="Guerrino De Luca">Guerrino De Luca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Deneve" title="Paul Deneve">Paul Deneve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Eisenstat" title="Al Eisenstat">Al Eisenstat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Fadell" title="Tony Fadell">Tony Fadell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Forstall" title="Scott Forstall">Scott Forstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Hancock" title="Ellen Hancock">Ellen Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_R._Heinen" title="Nancy R. Heinen">Nancy R. Heinen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson_(businessman)" title="Ron Johnson (businessman)">Ron Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Nagel" title="David Nagel">David Nagel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Oppenheimer" title="Peter Oppenheimer">Peter Oppenheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Papermaster" title="Mark Papermaster">Mark Papermaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Rubinstein" title="Jon Rubinstein">Jon Rubinstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Serlet" title="Bertrand Serlet">Bertrand Serlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sewell" title="Bruce Sewell">Bruce Sewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sina_Tamaddon" title="Sina Tamaddon">Sina Tamaddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avie_Tevanian" title="Avie Tevanian">Avie Tevanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Directors_of_Apple_Inc." title="Category:Directors of Apple Inc.">Board of<br />directors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_D._Levinson" title="Arthur D. Levinson">Arthur D. Levinson</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tim Cook</a> (CEO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bell" title="James A. Bell">James A. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Gorsky" title="Alex Gorsky">Alex Gorsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Jung" title="Andrea Jung">Andrea Jung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Sugar" title="Ronald Sugar">Ronald D. Sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Wagner" title="Susan Wagner">Susan L. Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Markkula" title="Mike Markkula">Mike Markkula</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sculley" title="John Sculley">John Sculley</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Amelio" title="Gil Amelio">Gil Amelio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_D._Anderson" title="Fred D. Anderson">Fred D. Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(business_executive)" title="Bill Campbell (business executive)">Bill Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Drexler" title="Mickey Drexler">Mickey Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Eisenstat" title="Al Eisenstat">Al Eisenstat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Ellison" title="Larry Ellison">Larry Ellison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Iger" title="Bob Iger">Robert A. Iger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delano_Lewis" title="Delano Lewis">Delano Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rock" title="Arthur Rock">Arthur Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Schmidt" title="Eric Schmidt">Eric Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Scott_(Apple)" title="Michael Scott (Apple)">Michael Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Spindler" title="Michael Spindler">Michael Spindler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_S._Woolard_Jr." title="Edgar S. Woolard Jr.">Edgar S. Woolard Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_York_(businessman)" title="Jerry York (businessman)">Jerry York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Wayne" title="Ronald Wayne">Ronald Wayne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><i>Italics</i> indicate discontinued products, services, or defunct companies.</li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Apple_Inc." title="Category:Apple Inc.">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Key_figures_in_the_history_of_Apple_Inc.95" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Apple_celeb" title="Template:Apple celeb"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Apple_celeb" title="Template talk:Apple celeb"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Apple_celeb" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Apple celeb"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Key_figures_in_the_history_of_Apple_Inc.95" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Key figures in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Apple_Inc." title="History of Apple Inc.">history of Apple Inc.</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Wayne" title="Ronald Wayne">Ronald Wayne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">CEOs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Scott_(Apple)" title="Michael Scott (Apple)">Michael Scott</a> (1977–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Markkula" title="Mike Markkula">Mike Markkula</a> (1981–1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sculley" title="John Sculley">John Sculley</a> (1983–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Spindler" title="Michael Spindler">Michael Spindler</a> (1993–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Amelio" title="Gil Amelio">Gil Amelio</a> (1996–1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> (1997–2011)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tim Cook</a> (2011–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current<br />employees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_L._Adams" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine L. Adams">Katherine L. Adams</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tim Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Cue" title="Eddy Cue">Eddy Cue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Espinosa" title="Chris Espinosa">Chris Espinosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Federighi" title="Craig Federighi">Craig Federighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Giampaolo" title="Dominic Giampaolo">Dominic Giampaolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Giannandrea" title="John Giannandrea">John Giannandrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_P._Jackson" title="Lisa P. Jackson">Lisa P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Joswiak" title="Greg Joswiak">Greg Joswiak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luca_Maestri" title="Luca Maestri">Luca Maestri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mansfield" title="Bob Mansfield">Bob Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Riccio" title="Dan Riccio">Dan Riccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Schiller" title="Phil Schiller">Phil Schiller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johny_Srouji" title="Johny Srouji">Johny Srouji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ternus" title="John Ternus">John Ternus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Tribble" title="Bud Tribble">Bud Tribble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Williams_(Apple)" title="Jeff Williams (Apple)">Jeff Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />employees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Amelio" title="Gil Amelio">Gil Amelio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Ahrendts" title="Angela Ahrendts">Angela Ahrendts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_D._Anderson" title="Fred D. Anderson">Fred D. Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Atkinson" title="Bill Atkinson">Bill Atkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Barnes_(computing)" title="Susan Barnes (computing)">Susan Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrisann_Brennan" title="Chrisann Brennan">Chrisann Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Capps" title="Steve Capps">Steve Capps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satjiv_S._Chahil" title="Satjiv S. Chahil">Satjiv S. 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