About Apple New CEO\COO Tim Cook

In a shocking, but really, not all that surprising move, longtime Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, has stepped down from his position, and will be the Chairman of the Board. Jobs, one of the original founders of Apple along with Steve Wozniak, has been CEO of the computer company since 1998, and has turned it around from being on the brink of financial collapse into the most valuable computer company in the world.   Current COO Tim Cook has been appointed CEO in Jobs place.

The son of a shipyard worker and housewife, Tim was born in November 1960 in Robertsdale, Alabama. Although his exact birth date is little known in the tech industry Tim is 50 years old, turning 51 years old this year.
Tim Cook studied Industrial Engineering earning a BS degree from Auburn University in 1982,before going to complete an MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 1988. Tim Cook joined Apple in 1998 leaving Compaq where he served as Vice President of Corporate Materials, a role in which he was responsible for procuring and managing all product inventory.
Tim Cook’s career has seen him spend 29 years in the computer industry, 13 years of which have been spent at Apple with a total of 12 years at rival IBM. In addition to his work with Apple, Cook is also a member of the Board of directors at Nike.
his is not the first time that  Tim Cook has served as Apple CEO, of course, having stepped into the breach during recent times that Steve Jobs has taken medical leave.

• In 2004 Cook deputised for two months while Jobs recovered from pancreatic cancer surgery
• In 2009 Cook picked up the company reigns for several months while Jobs underwent a liver transplant
• And January this year, Cook filled in for Jobs after he was granted medical leave by the Apple board