Tim Cook
- Country : United States
- Profession :Businessman
- DOB: 1960-11-01
Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple Inc., a position he has held since August 2011. Born on November 1, 1960, in Robertsdale, Alabama, Cook earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University in 1982 and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 1988. Before joining Apple, he worked at companies like IBM, Compaq, and Intelligent Electronics. Cook joined Apple in 1998 as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Operations and played a crucial role in streamlining the company’s supply chain, which helped transform Apple into a major player in the tech industry. When Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO in 2011, Cook took over the role and continued to drive Apple’s growth with innovations like the Apple Watch and expansion into services. Under his leadership, Apple became one of the most valuable companies in the world.
The greatest innovation of the 21st century will be the intersection of biology and technology.
Author: Tim CookAnything can change, because the smartphone revolution is still in the early stages.
Author: Tim CookWe do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.
Author: Tim CookIf you look at iPod, iPod wasn’t viewed as a success, but today it’s viewed as an overnight success. The iPhone was the same way. People were writing about there’s no physical keyboard. Obviously nobody would want it.
Author: Tim CookInnovation is not just about technology. It’s about finding new ways to solve problems.
Author: Tim CookThose who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.
Author: Tim CookGaming has kind of evolved a bit. More people play on portable devices. Where we might go in the future, we’ll see. Customers love games. I’m not interested in being in the console business in what is thought of as traditional gaming. But Apple is a big player today and things in the future will only make that bigger.
Author: Tim CookWe have three post-PC devices: the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad, the revolutionary device that defined a whole new categoryit’s outstripping the wildest of predictions.
Author: Tim CookOur customers expect more from us, and we’re committed to delivering on those expectations.
Author: Tim CookThe sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena!
Author: Tim CookWork takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it’s just a job, and life is too short for that.
Author: Tim CookRemembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
Author: Tim CookA few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product.
Author: Tim CookAll of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news. We must try to squeeze this without stepping on freedom of speech and of the press, but we must also help the reader.
Author: Tim CookOur business is not based on having information about you. You’re not our product. Our product are these, and this watch, and Macs and so forth. And so we run a very different company. I think everyone has to ask, how do companies make their money? Follow the money. And if they’re making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be worried.
Author: Tim CookWe believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.
Author: Tim CookWhen we launch a product, we’re already working on the next one. And possibly even the next, next one.
Author: Tim CookWe want to make sure that we’re building products that will make a difference in people’s lives.
Author: Tim CookGreat things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.
Author: Tim CookWhen I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But also the fundamental right to privacy.
Author: Tim CookFor the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.
Author: Tim CookThe most important thing is to make sure that the company is making the best products possible.
Author: Tim CookDo you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
Author: Tim CookOur message, to people around the country and around the world, is this: Apple is open. Open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love.
Author: Tim CookYou can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.
Author: Tim CookWhat all of us have to do is to make sure we are using AI in a way that is for the benefit of humanity, not to the detriment of humanity.
Author: Tim CookIn the end, we’re all human. We all have the same values. We all want to be respected and treated with dignity.
Author: Tim CookThe worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.
Author: Tim CookIn the world of cyber security, the last thing you want is to have a target painted on you.
Author: Tim CookWe’re very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world’s best products and enriching people’s lives.
Author: Tim CookWe believe that we’re on the face of the earth to make great products, and that’s not changing.
Author: Tim CookYour work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
Author: Tim CookFrom an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you’d be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.
Author: Tim CookThe reality of today, from a cybersecurity point of view, is that I think some of the top people predict that the next big war will be fought on cybersecurity.
Author: Tim CookWe collectively, to get things done, work together as a team. Because the work really happens horizontally in our company, not vertically. Products are horizontal. It takes hardware plus software plus services to make a killer product.
Author: Tim CookThe people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
Author: Tim CookI don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.
Author: Tim Cook