Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO on September 1, and he has shared that others will define his legacy, but he’d like to be viewed as a “good and decent man.”
John Ternus will be Apple’s CEO starting on September 1 and Tim Cook will become the Executive Chairman. Cook’s legacy will be defined and litigated for decades to come, but he won’t be entering the conversation himself.
According to an interview on CNBC, Cook doesn’t want to try to define his own legacy. He says that others will define his legacy for him, but that he hopes that he will be seen as a “good and decent man.”
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Cook will still be around to handle matters as a special government liaison for Apple. While he won’t be appearing in keynotes, he will likely be seen at select press events for some time to come.
While there will always be some debate around Cook and his time as CEO, but his record is clear. As was shared with his last earnings call, the company earned $109 billion for the quarter, which surpassed what the company earned in the entire first year Cook was CEO.