#SecretsSelfmadeBillionaires 1075 Tim Cook Leading Appple to World’s Most Valuable Company

Tim Cook was handpicked by Steve Jobs as his successor. Steve Jobs died in 2011 and in past 10 years, Tim Cook led Apple to be the Most Valuable Company on Earth, with the stock price of Apple rose more than 10 folds. He was born in 1960 in Mobile Alabama and graduated from Auburn University with a degree in industrial engineering. While working at IBM, Tim Cook earned MBA from Duke University. He then worked as executive at Compaq Computer, then most profitable and state-of-the-art while Apple in 1998 was the sinking ship. Apple had lost more than $1 Billion when Cook was recruited by Steve Jobs. It took Cook 5 minutes to make up his mind to work for Apple. The rest is history. Cook’s many critics and skeptics said he is not the product guy, while Jonathan Ive the Design Guru is. But Cook would prove his critics wrong as under his leadership, Apple became the Most Valuable Company on Earth