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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. no more than five minutes into my initial interview with Steve, I wanted to throw caution and logic to the wind and join Apple. 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. In a commencement speech at Auburn University, Cook said he decided to join Apple after meeting Jobs:Īny 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. In 1998, Steve Jobs asked Cook to join Apple. In 1997, he became the vice president for corporate materials at Compaq for six months, but left the position after being hired by Steve Jobs. Later, he served as the chief operating officer of the computer reseller division of Intelligent Electronics. During this time, Cook also earned his MBA from Duke University, becoming a Fuqua Scholar in 1988. Career Pre-Apple eraĪfter graduating from Auburn University, Cook spent 12 years in IBM's personal computer business, ultimately serving as the director of North American fulfillment. He received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in industrial engineering from Auburn University in 1982 and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University in 1988. Ĭook graduated from Robertsdale High School in Alabama in 1978. His father, Donald, was a shipyard worker, and his mother, Geraldine, worked at a pharmacy. He was baptized in a Baptist church and grew up in nearby Robertsdale. Early life and educationĬook was born in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Outside of Apple, Cook engages in philanthropy, and in March 2015, he said he planned to donate his fortune to charity. and the National Football Foundation he is a trustee of Duke University, his alma mater.

Cook also serves on the boards of directors of Nike, Inc. In 2014, Cook became the first chief executive of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay. 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. 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. He was made the chief executive on August 24, 2011, prior to Jobs' death in October of that year. Ĭook 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 is the first CEO of any Fortune 500 company who is openly gay. Cook previously served as the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs. Timothy Donald Cook (born November 1, 1960) is an American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of Apple Inc.