24 August 2011 is the day marking the new progressive step in Tim Cook’s career when he officially becomes the new Apple’s CEO after Steve Jobs announced his resignation to serve as Chairman of Apple’s Board of Directors. Tim Cook has been ready for his new position in which a CEO is responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and day-to-day operations, including end-to-end management of Apple’s supply chain, sales activities, and services in all countries. This is one of most breaking news in the market all over the world and everyone would want to know more about Mr. Cook.
It is interesting fact that the Alabama native is not as outgoing as the outgoing CEO of Apple is; in contrast, Tim Cook loves to keep things confidential. Moreover, the new CEO has a mild-nature personality, a soft-spoken person, and very enthusiastic.
As a very private person, the former COO carries put things without causing too much of spotlight from co-workers and other colleagues
Tim Cook also admires people like any ordinary people and has his own passion in sports including football. Moreover, Auburn Football is the team he has much respect and admiration
This CEO regularly begins working and sending emails at 4:30 a.m instead of doing workouts as others
Although his routine is different from any other company CEOs, Cook is a fitness enthusiast to take time to go to a gym and participate in other outdoor activities such as biking and hiking
This new job is no longer new for Tim Cook because he has been temporary CEO for Apple a couple of times when Mr. Jobs needed to address series of medical attention
Before he joined Apple in March 1998, he had years of experiences on computer and other gizmos at some competitors of Apple including IBM and Compaq
He graduated from Auburn University in 1982 for Industrial Engineering, then later received his MBA from Duke University’s Fugua School of Business in 1988
He was born and grew up in Robertsdale, Alabama in a simple family where his father is a shipyard worker and his mother is a full time homemaker
In fact, he is one of the biggest contributors to the successes that Apple thanks to his frugality and hardworking nature
It is 13 years Timothy D. Cook or Tim Cook stay in Apple Inc.
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