Tim Cook
Tim Cook
Timothy Donald "Tim" Cookis an American business executive, industrial engineer and developer. Cook is the current and third Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., previously serving as the company's Chief Operating Officer, under its founder Steve Jobs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth1 November 1960
CityMobile, AL
CountryUnited States of America
love-you thinking long
In the long arc of time, you are only relevant if customers love you.
doors guy good-guy
You can't have a back door that's only for the good guys.
passion decision intuition
For the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.
simple apples people
We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives.
creativity thinking people
Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.
meaningful believe discipline
We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.
wall focus problem
You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.
order ideas numbers
We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as other ones.
gay pride proud
So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.