#tim-cook

#tim-cook

Warren Buffett started delivering The Washington Post and the Washington Star at 13, earning $175 a month by 14. He noted, 'You learn a lot about human nature when you deliver papers.' This experience taught him valuable lessons about business and customer relations.

Steve Jobs once stated, 'You can't get your hand around it. No one's going to buy that,' referring to smartphones larger than 4 inches. However, Tim Cook proved him wrong by expanding the iPhone's size significantly.

Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he's also stepping into a very different ecosystem than the one Cook spent decades shaping.

Tim Cook has led Apple to become the world's most valuable company, achieving a market capitalization that topped $2 trillion. The next group of leaders will need to navigate rising global antitrust concerns and build stronger relationships with app developers.

Tim Cook became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay, doing so in a 2014 Bloomberg essay that was measured, proud, and deliberately purposeful.

Tim Cook, who recently announced the conclusion of his 15-year tenure as CEO of Apple, has worn many hats in his career, including as a line cook. His first job was a paper route at 11 or 12, and then, as he told Fortune in 2025, he 'graduated to flipping burgers' at a local spot, 'Tastee Freeze,' when he turned 14.