Tim Cook will be stepping down from his CEO position in just a few weeks after fifteen years AppleThe man who took over from Steve Jobs in 2011 and led the company to historic financial results has now spoken to CNBC about how he would like to be remembered. And his answer is surprisingly simple.
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"I hope people will say that I was a good and decent person," he said. CookHe also added that he doesn't want to define his own future reputation. He says that others should do that, and they should do it.onec decide how its operation will be in Applu rated.
Cook while Apple is not leaving completely. From September 1, his successor as CEO will be John Ternus, the current head of hardware engineering, while Cook will subsequently take over the position of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Applu will not disappear and, according to current information, will continue to help, for example, with some of the company's relations with the US government.
Za Cooka Apple grew to incredible proportions
When Cook became CEO in 2011, Apple was already a huge company, of course. Yet there is a difference between then and now AppleIt's really hard to miss. Apple During his era, it became a trillion-dollar company and expanded its offering with a number of new products and services.
Just CookHis work will undoubtedly be the subject of debate for many years to come. On the one hand, he managed to Apple significantly expand, strengthen its services and bring the company to record financial results. On the other hand, it never managed to repeat a similarly significant product breakthrough, such as iPhone during the Steve Jobs era. This is also shown by the comparison of the numbers themselves. Apple In its latest quarterly earnings report, it reported a profit of $109 billion, which is AppleInsider more than the company earned during the entire first year Cookova's leadership.
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Cook thus he is leaving the position of CEO at a time when Apple is facing further fundamental changes. For example, the first foldable iPhone and the company is also catching up with the competition in the field of artificial intelligence. So whether it will be CookNo matter how you evaluate his legacy, one thing cannot be denied. From the position of a man who was originally supposed to maintain Apple Following in the footsteps of Steve Jobs, he became one of the longest-serving and most successful CEOs in the company's history. And by all accounts, he would beoneI would prefer that people remember him simply as a good and decent person.
