An American business executive and industrial engineer, is the chief executive officer of Apple Inc.
Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive and industrial engineer. Cook is the chief executive officer of Apple Inc., and previously served as the company’s chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs.
Cook 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 was made the chief executive on August 24, 2011, prior to Jobs’ death in October of that year. During his tenure as the chief executive, he has advocated for the political reformation of international and domestic surveillance, cyber security, corporate taxation, American manufacturing, and environmental preservation.
In 2014, Cook became the first chief executive of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay. Cook also serves on the boards of directors of Nike, Inc., the National Football Foundation, and is a trustee of Duke University. In March 2015, he said he planned to donate his entire stock fortune to charity.
Apple Inc.
Tue, Nov 1st, 1960 12:00 AM
American
Palo Alto, California, United States
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Master of Business Administration (1988)
Auburn University, Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering (1982)
Apple Inc. - Chief Executive Officer
Nike Inc. -
Compaq - Vice President, (1998)
Intelligent Electronics - Chief Operating Officer, (1994–1998)
IBM - Director of North American fulfillment, (1982–1994)
Today’s pre-market rise of Apple (AAPL) stock follows its CEO’s announcement about designing and producing face shields for medical workers. The company is already in the process of donating over 20 million masks to healthcare professionals.
While Apple stock has corrected nearly 32% in just the last month, analysts point out at its strong fundamentals and multiple revenue streams and say it is a good bet at the existing valuations.
Though the companies are trying to implement measures to stay strong amid the coronavirus outbreak, their stocks are still suffering. Apple (AAPL) stock was seriously down yesterday but started to gain after hours.
Calling the coronavirus pandemic as an “unprecedented moment”, Apple boss Tim Cook asked employees to work remotely. The virus outbreak has sent tremors all across Wall Street. Trading on U.S. exchange closed for 15 minutes on Monday market opening.
Apple stock fell almost 7% on Friday because of the coronavirus. However, AAPL recovered a huge chunk of its loss in no time. Today it is also up.
