<![CDATA[#Apple chief executive #TimCook said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the #iPhone to become one of the most influential &amp; valuable companies in the world.]]> chief executive said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the to become one of the most influential & valuable companies in the world.

Cook, 65, will move into a new role as Apple’s executive chairman in September & be succeeded in the company’s corner office by , the 50-year-old head of Apple’s hardware .


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/technology/tim-cook-apple-ceo-steps-down.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f3150a94-c402-42c9-9c70-fcd9f7643e30/apple-chief-executive-timcook-said-monday-that-he-would-step-down-after-nearly-15-years-running-an-operation-that-rode-the-wild-popularity-of-the-iphone-to-become-one-of-the-most-influential-amp-valuable-companies-in-the-world.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 00:38:50 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 21:26:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #Apple chief executive #TimCook said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the #iPhone to become one of the most influential &amp; valuable companies in the world. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:01:12 GMT]]>@Nonilex don't forget the global tax chain which shows that profits are only incurred in low tax/no tax regions

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stevel/statuses/116439283943612679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stevel/statuses/116439283943612679Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:01:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Apple chief executive #TimCook said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the #iPhone to become one of the most influential &amp; valuable companies in the world. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:53:56 GMT]]>@Nonilex yup.. by the numbers.. amazing. But he was never a Product guy.. and you could tell. I hope that Apple turns more towards being a product led company again. We shall see!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116439255364278096https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116439255364278096Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:53:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Apple chief executive #TimCook said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the #iPhone to become one of the most influential &amp; valuable companies in the world. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:36:50 GMT]]> since defined how a modern company operates, with products assembled in a supply chain stretching from giant operations Cook helped create in , & & a retail that operates on 5 continents.

joined Apple in 2001 & rose through its ranks as he oversaw the development of & . He will be Apple’s 8th chief exec since its founding 50 yrs ago & its 3rd since returned in 1997 to pull the company from the brink of bankruptcy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116439188143277775https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116439188143277775Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:36:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Apple chief executive #TimCook said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the #iPhone to become one of the most influential &amp; valuable companies in the world. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:34:59 GMT]]>@Nonilex He grew the company, but lost focus on details, and embarrassed the company in his sycophancy to Trump.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116439180868553328https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274777763908831/statuses/116439180868553328Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:34:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Apple chief executive #TimCook said Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the #iPhone to become one of the most influential &amp; valuable companies in the world. on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:30:01 GMT]]>The retirement of will end one of the most successful management runs in the history of . During his tenure, Apple’s annual profit quadrupled to more than $110 billion, while its value ballooned more than tenfold to $4 trillion.

Cook replaced the co-founder shortly before Jobs’s death in 2011, having earned a reputation for perfecting the nuts & bolts of a global consumer business.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116439161340078889https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116439161340078889Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:30:01 GMT