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Timothy Donald Cook (born November 1, 1960) [1] is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Cook had previously been the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs. [2]
In 1985, Jobs departed Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO, John Sculley. That same year, Jobs took some Apple employees with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development company that specialized in computers for higher-education and business markets, serving as its CEO.
John Sculley III (born April 6, 1939) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups.Sculley was vice-president (1970–1977) and president of PepsiCo (1977–1983), until he became chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. on April 8, 1983, a position he held until leaving on October 15, 1993.
The chief executive has guided Apple through the years following the death of co-founder Steve Jobs, launched some of its most successful products including the Apple Watch and AirPods, and ...
It has been a wrenching six weeks for Apple (NAS: AAPL) . First, in a not entirely unexpected move, CEO Steve Jobs announced on Aug. 24 that he would step down for health reasons and pass the ...
According to one former Apple executive, Steve Jobs wouldn’t have gotten as far as he did without some assistance from Tim Cook. According to one former Apple executive, Steve Jobs wouldn’t ...
On July 9, 1997, Gil Amelio was ousted as CEO of Apple by the board of directors. Fred D. Anderson was the head of the directors in short term and obtained short-term working capital from the banks in July 1997. [152] [153] In August 1997, Jobs stepped in as the interim CEO to begin a critical restructuring of the company's product line. [5]
During Amelio's tenure Apple's stock continued to slump and hit a 12-year low in Q2 1997 that was at least partially caused by a single sale of 1.5 million shares of Apple stock on June 26 by an anonymous party who was later confirmed to be Steve Jobs. [10] Apple lost another $708 million.