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Apple ’ s Tim Cook is a trailblazer for American manufacturing
Name : Tim Cook Job Title : CEO Company : Apple
Tim Cook was born in Alabama , in 1960s ’ America . He studied Industrial Engineering at Auburn University and later earned an MBA from Duke University , where he was a Fuqua Scholar .
Before taking the stage at Apple , Cook worked as the Chief Operating Officer of the Reseller Division at Intelligent Electronics .
Cook then spent 12 years at IBM , including a role as Director of North American Fulfilment , where he championed manufacturing and distribution functions across North and Latin America .
“ You can only do so many things great , and you should cast aside everything else ”
Arriving at Apple In 1998 , Cook joined Apple as Senior Vice President for worldwide operations and , in 2007 , was promoted to lead operations . When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs stood down from his role due to pancreatic cancer , Cook was offered an incredible opportunity to step up . While many of his peers were considering retirement , Cook became CEO of Apple on 24th August 2011 , at the age of 59 .
Under Cook ’ s leadership , AirPods , the Apple Watch and Apple Music have become a part of everyday life for millions of people and Apple ’ s market cap is close to US $ 3trn .
Inspiring people to insist on their equality 2014 was a watershed moment for Cook , who came out as gay . As any CEO would , Cook wrote about his journey in a powerful op-ed in Bloomberg Businessweek ,
16 October 2022