‘Want someone from within company’: Apple CEO Tim Cook on future successor

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has held that place since August 2011, has stated he needs to be succeeded by somebody from inside the firm itself, including that the iPhone maker has ‘detailed succession’ plans in place.

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc. (File Photo/Bloomberg)
Tim Cook, chief government officer of Apple Inc. (File Photo/Bloomberg)

Cook was talking on BBC’s ‘Dua Lipa: At Your Service’ podcast hosted by the British-Albanian singer.

“I really want a person to come from within Apple, the next CEO…and so that is my role to make sure that there are several (options) for the board to pick from,” Cook stated, when requested by Lipa about his potential successor on the tech large.

The enterprise chief, 63, nonetheless, refused to disclose who all have been being thought of as Apple’s subsequent chief, when he steps down or strikes on.

“I can’t say (a name). But I would say that my job is to prepare several people for the ability to succeed. Now, we are company that believes in succession plans…and so we have very detailed succession plans. This is because something that is unpredictable can always happen,” he added.

In April 2021, months earlier than finishing a decade as Apple’s CEO, Cook informed journalist Kara Swisher on her podcast: “10 more years (with the company)? Probably not…but I can tell you that I feel great right now and the date is not in sight. But 10 more years is a long time — and probably not ten more years.”

Cook joined Apple in March 1998, and went on to serve in varied positions, together with Chief Operating Officer (COO). He succeeded co-founder Steve Jobs, months earlier than the latter’s October 2011 demise, because the CEO.

Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com

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