Full Name | Timothy Donald Cook |
Date of Birth | November 1, 1960 (age 63) |
Place of Birth | Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
Education | Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University; MBA from Duke University |
Current Position | CEO of Apple Inc. (2011–present) |
Previous Positions at Apple | Chief Operating Officer; Senior Vice President for Worldwide Operations; Executive Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Operations |
Joined Apple | March 1998 |
Key Achievements as CEO | Doubled Apple’s revenue and profit; increased market value from $348 billion to $1.9 trillion (2011-2020) |
Net Worth | 2.1 billion USD |
Advocacies | Political reform of international and domestic surveillance, cybersecurity, American manufacturing, environmental preservation |
Board Memberships | Nike, Inc.; National Football Foundation; Trustee of Duke University |
Philanthropy | Announced plans to donate his fortune to charity (March 2015) |
Personal Milestone | First chief executive of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay (2014) |
Parents | Donald Cook (father), shipyard worker; Geraldine Cook (mother), pharmacy worker |
High School | Graduated salutatorian from Robertsdale High School, Alabama (1978) |
Early Life | I grew up in Robertsdale, Alabama; baptized in a Baptist church |
Website | Apple Leadership Profile |