Biography
Timothy Donald Cook (born November 1, 1960) is an American business executive who became the chief executive officer of Apple Inc. in 2011. Cook had previously served as the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs.Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations, and then served as the executive vice president for worldwide sales and operations. He was appointed chief executive on August 24, 2011 after Jobs, who was ill and died that October, resigned. During his tenure as the chief executive, he has advocated for the political reformation of international and domestic surveillance, cybersecurity, American manufacturing, and environmental preservation. Since 2011 when he took over Apple, to 2020, Cook doubled the company's revenue and profit, and the company's market value increased from $348 billion to $1.9 trillion.Cook also serves on the boards of directors of Nike, Inc. and the National Football Foundation; he is a trustee of Duke University, his alma mater. Outside of Apple, Cook engages in philanthropy; in March 2015 he said he planned to donate his fortune to charity. In 2014, Cook became the first chief executive of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay.
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GenderMale
Birthday1960-11-01 (63 years old)
Birth NameTIM COOK
Birth PlaceMobile, United States of America
Net Worth$1.9 Billion
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesPalo Alto, United States of America
Also Known AsTimothy Donald Cook
Awardsmember of the Alabama Academy of Honor, Financial Times Person of the Year, Time 100
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