Full Name: Timothy D. Cook
Birth Date: November 1, 1960
Citizenship: American
Place of Birth: Robertsdale, Alabama
Networth: US$1.3 billion (2020)
Let your joy be in your journey,
not in some distant goal
Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive who has been the chief executive officer of Apple Inc.
since 2011. Cook also serves on the boards of directors of Nike, Inc. and the National Football Foundation,
and is a trustee of Duke University. Outside of Apple, Cook engages in philanthropy, and in March 2015, he
said he planned to donate his fortune to charity.
Prior to joining Apple, Tim was the vice president of Corporate materials for Compaq and was responsible for
procuring and managing all of Compaq's product inventory.
Previous to his work at Compaq, Tim was the chief operating officer of the Reseller Division at Intelligent
Electronics.
Tim also spent 12 years with IBM, most recently as director of North American Fulfillment where he led
manufacturing and distribution functions for IBM’s Personal Computer Company in North and Latin America.
Tim earned an MBA from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar, and a Bachelor of Science degree in
Industrial Engineering from Auburn University. If you have time, you should read more about this incredible
human being on his Wikipedia entry.
