[1] Valleywag, quoted by Daniel Eran Dilger, "Apple's Tim Cook Profiled as Most Powerful Gay Man in Silicon Valley", Apple Insider, 20 January 2011: "Cook's rise to his position -- he is one of the most powerful corporate executives in the world, to say nothing of being the most powerful gay person in tech by a mile -- is also a tribute to his skill and work ethic on the one hand, and to the utterly unconventional and unconventionally empowering people skills of Jobs on the other." Cook publicly came out in an essay for Bloomberg Businessweek, 30 October 2014: "While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me."
University: BS Industrial Engineering, Auburn University (1982)
University: MBA, Duke University (1988)
Apple CEO (2011-)
Apple COO (2005-11)
Apple EVP Worldwide Sales and Operations (2002-05)
Apple Senior VP Worldwide Operations, Sales, and Support (2000-2002)
Apple Senior VP Worldwide Operations (1998-2000)
Compaq VP Corporate Materials (1997-98)
Intelligent Electronics COO Reseller Div. (1994-97)
Intelligent Electronics Senior VP Fulfillment (1994-97)
IBM Management (1982-94)
Member of the Board of Apple (2011-)
Member of the Board of Nike (2005-)
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Board Member (2016-)
Champion of Freedom Corporate Leadership (1-Jun-2015)
Funeral: Steve Jobs (2011)
Audience with the Pope 22-Jan-2016
