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Apple Hits New Highs as Tim Cook Celebrates One Year as CEO
One year ago today, Steve Jobs stepped down from the CEO post he held for more than a decade, making Tim Cook the head of what is now the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world. After the announcement, Apple's stock dropped more than 5% in after hours to $351.
One year later, Apple is the most valuable publicly-traded company ever (not accounting for inflation) with a current share price of $668, gaining more than 75% year-over-year. With Cook in charge, Apple has recorded its three best quarters ever; released the iPhone 4S, the new iPad, the Retina MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion; and previewed the next version of iOS.
The San Jose Mercury News writes of Cook's first year, accompanied by the above chart:
The company has also been more responsive to criticism, reinstating support for the EPEAT environmental registry with a very public letter from Senior Vice President Bob Mansfield. More recently, Apple reversed changes in scheduling at Apple Retail Stores after coverage in the press and from within Apple Retail's own ranks.
The upcoming holiday quarter should again be Apple's strongest ever, with rumored upcoming announcements of the next-generation iPhone, a smaller iPad, a 13" Retina MacBook Pro, as well as continued rumors about an Apple television or set-top box.
One year later, Apple is the most valuable publicly-traded company ever (not accounting for inflation) with a current share price of $668, gaining more than 75% year-over-year. With Cook in charge, Apple has recorded its three best quarters ever; released the iPhone 4S, the new iPad, the Retina MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion; and previewed the next version of iOS.
The San Jose Mercury News writes of Cook's first year, accompanied by the above chart:
"Tim knows he's not Steve Jobs and doesn't try to be," says Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management. "He's comfortable in his own skin, and he's done a remarkable job of under-promising and over-delivering. When Jobs walked out the door last year, a lot of people figured much of Apple's magic would disappear. It hasn't."Cook has also made some significant changes at the company, though Jobs was certainly aware of some of them. He expanded Apple's charitable giving, initiated a dividend and share repurchase program, as well as throwing open the proverbial doors to its contracted factories with a thorough inspection by the Fair Labor Association.
Cook, whom Apple did not make available for this story, inherited much of that Jobs-induced magic, from Apple's wildly successful iPhone and iPad to its burgeoning network of stores stuffed to the gills with the gadget-hungry masses. Yet many analysts say it is Cook's trademark mastery of supply-chain efficiency, first tapped when Jobs hired him 14 years ago to run the manufacturing side of the business, that leaves the 51-year-old workaholic and fitness buff poised to take Apple to ever greater heights.
The company has also been more responsive to criticism, reinstating support for the EPEAT environmental registry with a very public letter from Senior Vice President Bob Mansfield. More recently, Apple reversed changes in scheduling at Apple Retail Stores after coverage in the press and from within Apple Retail's own ranks.
The upcoming holiday quarter should again be Apple's strongest ever, with rumored upcoming announcements of the next-generation iPhone, a smaller iPad, a 13" Retina MacBook Pro, as well as continued rumors about an Apple television or set-top box.
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88 months ago
This is where you will wish the down vote was still around.
Tim is riding the coat tails of Steve Jobs. Give it another year so we can see what Tim really produces.
Common misconception but if you've been paying attention over the last 5+ years, you'd already be aware that Tim Cook has been playing an ever-increasing role at Apple, and I'd wager that he'd been the unofficial CEO for at least 2 years prior to Jobs' death. The idea that this is all new to Tim Cook and that he's still unproven is misguided.
88 months ago
People forget...
Tim Cook had at least as much to do with getting Apple to where they're at today as Steve Jobs did. I'd argue that without Cook's mastery of the operational nuts & bolts, they'd have never been able to capitalize on any of Apple's design superiority.
So long as he's at the helm they'll do fine. I'm more concerned about what happens when he's gone. Nobody lives forever.
Tim Cook had at least as much to do with getting Apple to where they're at today as Steve Jobs did. I'd argue that without Cook's mastery of the operational nuts & bolts, they'd have never been able to capitalize on any of Apple's design superiority.
So long as he's at the helm they'll do fine. I'm more concerned about what happens when he's gone. Nobody lives forever.
88 months ago
This is where you will wish the down vote was still around.
Tim is riding the coat tails of Steve Jobs. Give it another year so we can see what Tim really produces.
Tim is riding the coat tails of Steve Jobs. Give it another year so we can see what Tim really produces.
88 months ago
You've done a marvelous job, Tim Cook! I'm proud of you!
Keep those revolutionary devices coming! Can't wait to see you unleash the new iPhone in a few weeks time. :)
Keep those revolutionary devices coming! Can't wait to see you unleash the new iPhone in a few weeks time. :)
88 months ago
Jobs doesn't get near enough credit for overcoming difficulties and obstacles -
he did a masterful job of growing Apple.
I think he's gotten his fair share of credit.
88 months ago
Tim Cook is a good CEO but he lacks of passion for the products, even Steve Jobs said so in his biography.
That's what Ive is for.
88 months ago
Tim Cook is a good CEO but he lacks of passion for the products, even Steve Jobs said so in his biography.
That's what Ive is for.
Ive and Forstall. Those guys have the real passion needed to create great products at Apple and Jobs surrounded himself with these kind of guys and built a good team. I can see one of these two guys running the show in a decade.
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