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Tim Cook smiling, in glasses, a white shirt and dark tie, in New York City in 2026.
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Tim Cook
Executive Chair, Apple.

EditorialAn editorial profile written by Ceolumen from public sources. Tim Cook is not a Ceolumen member and has not endorsed Ceolumen. Disclosures

Profile

Tim Cook has been executive chair of Apple since 1 September 2026. He was Apple’s chief executive from 24 August 2011, when he succeeded Steve Jobs, until 31 August 2026, and handed the role to John Ternus under a succession plan the company announced in April 2026.

Cook joined Apple in 1998 as senior vice president for worldwide operations and later served as chief operating officer under Jobs. Before Apple he spent twelve years in IBM’s personal computer business, then worked at Intelligent Electronics and Compaq.

He was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1960. He earned a degree in industrial engineering from Auburn University in 1982 and an MBA from Duke University in 1988, and has sat on the board of Nike since 2005.

Sources

  1. Tim Cook Wikipedia
  2. Apple Leadership Apple
  3. Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO Apple Newsroom

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Tim Cook smiling, in glasses, a white shirt and dark tie, in New York City in 2026. Photograph by Dati Bendo / European Union, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Cropped from the original by Ceolumen.

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