TIM COOK
Tim Cook took over for the late Steve Jobs as Apple's CEO in
August 2011. Prior to that, Cook served as Apple's chief operating officer.
“No more than five
minutes into my initial interview with Steve [Jobs], I wanted to throw caution
and logic to the wind and join Apple.”
—Tim Cook
Synopsis
Born in Alabama on November 1, 1960, Tim Cook graduated from Auburn
University with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1982, and went
on to earn an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in the
late '80s. Following a 12-year career at IBM, in 1994, Cook became a chief
operating officer (Reseller Division) at Intelligent Electronics. He then
worked for Compaq as vice president of corporate materials, procuring and
managing product inventory. After six months at Compaq, Cook left his position
and took a job at Apple. In August 2011, Cook was named Apple's new CEO, taking
over the position for former CEO and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in
October 2011 after a years-long battle with cancer. Culled from
Biography.
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