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| Capital: | € 625 million |
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| Age: | 59 |
| Born: | 11/01/1960 |
| Country of origin: | United States of America |
| Source of wealth: | Entrepreneurs |
| 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.
Youth
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
His career began at IBM, where he worked for 12 years. He then spent six months in Compaq, Vice President of the Company Material. After that he was hired by Steve Jobs and came to Apple. The team helped former Apple CEO Steve Jobs for two months in 2004 when he was treated for pancreatic cancer. Cook is also a member of the Nike Board of Directors.
In 2007, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer. In 2009, the team helped Steve again for several months when Jobs was on vacation for upcoming heart transplants. In January 2011, the Apple Board of Directors approved the medical vacation requested by Steve Jobs and Tim Cook was appointed as CEO of Acting.
Jobs resigned on August 24, 2011 and recommend Tim Cook as CEO. On August 25, 2011, he was officially appointed as Apple’s new CEO. In 2011, the “salary” (total compensation) was $ 380 million, including the annual salary and director’s bonus. Cook also has $ 442 million shares of the company.
In 2016, Tim Cook received a bonus fund for successful Apple management and for a high company quota.
In addition to Google’s Vice President, Vint Cerf, and CEO AT&T, Randall Stephenson, Cook attended the Summit organized by President Barack Obama on August 8, 2013, related to government supervision and post -NSA incidents involving Edward Snowden.
After the December 2015 terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, where 14 people were killed by Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the Federal Investigation Bureau asked Apple to “open” the iPhone 5C used by Farook. On February 16, 2016, a federal judge, at the request of the Department of Justice, ordered Apple to create a special iOS firmware version that could be used by investigators to handle mobile security features. Cook answered in an open letter that denounced the demands of the government as a “violation of privacy” with “scary” consequences.
Career spotlight
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 quote
“Let your excitement be on your journey – not in a distant destination.” …
“This is about finding your values, and committed to them. …
“From the beginning, I wanted to pour every ounce I had in me to the company. …
“History rarely produces one person, but thinking and never forgetting what happened at that happened
