Tim Cook

CEO, Apple

Tim Cook is executive chairman of Apple, which he ran as chief executive from August 2011 to August 2026. He built the supply chain behind the iPhone, and he still speaks for Apple on its AI rollout and its exposure to China.

Net worth: $3.1B; Forbes, Oct 19, 2026
Company: 1

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Known for

Running the device incumbent forecasts still favor, even when rivals ship first.

Worth knowing

Cook took the Apple job against the advice of people close to him; he said in a 2010 Auburn commencement speech that the rational case favored staying at Compaq.
Advance deals his operations group made for flash memory from 2005 secured supply for the iPod Nano, iPhone and iPad.
In February 2014 he told shareholders who did not share Apple's views on sustainability and climate change to "get out of the stock".
He has sat on Nike's board since 2005 and is a trustee of Duke University.

Age: 66
Based: Cupertino, CA
Primary role: Executive Chairman, Apple
Citizenship: United States
Latest trade: Sold $63.8M of AAPL, 5 October 2026
Born: 1960, Mobile, Alabama

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Bessent gives Nvidia's board 10 days to answer whether suspect China sales inflated its earnings

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has given Nvidia's board 10 days to answer whether suspect China sales inflated its earnings, two days before the first results since Jensen Huang resigned. What moves the stock on Tuesday is the Singapore-billed revenue Nvidia no longer breaks out, presented by interim CEO Colette Kress, who signed the deals under investigation as CFO.

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Latest on Tim Cook

Bessent gives Nvidia's board 10 days to answer whether suspect China sales inflated its earnings

Australia's court orders Apple to open iPhone outside rails free from March 1, 2027; US commission down 18%

Apple's new CEO keeps Chinese DRAM on the table as CXMT posts a sevenfold quarter

Apple's foldable opens for preorder October 16, and in China its AI is Alibaba's

Chips Out, Magnets In: Why Xi Is Coming to Washington

The Market Paid 8% for a Memory Fix That Ships in 2030

Connections

At Apple

In the same stories

Largest fund holders of Apple

Ties, as Forbes lists them

Either side by net worth