Tim Cook is the ultimate non-founder success story. As he steps down as Apple CEO after 15 years, that's the biggest takeaway for Business Insider's Alistair Barr.
Silicon Valley lauds founders as the only leaders capable of creating huge, disruptive, and lasting value. Cook blew this "founder mode" theory out of the water in spectacular fashion.
Barr was there at the start. When Steve Jobs died in 2011, he went to Apple headquarters to report on the scene. Underneath the grief, questions lurked. Would the company be OK without its legendary cofounder? Cook, a supply chain and operations specialist, was taking over. Would he be able to innovate as Jobs did?
Read more about how Cook took Apple to new heights at the link in our bio.
Story by Alistair Barr
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#apple #timcook #stevejobs #siliconvalley
Tim Cook is the ultimate non-founder success story. As he steps down as Apple CEO after 15 years, that's the biggest takeaway for Business Insider's Alistair Barr.
Silicon Valley lauds founders as the only leaders capable of creating huge, disruptive, and lasting value. Cook blew this "founder mode" theory out of the water in spectacular fashion.
Barr was there at the start. When Steve Jobs died in 2011, he went to Apple headquarters to report on the scene. Underneath the grief, questions lurked. Would the company be OK without its legendary cofounder? Cook, a supply chain and operations specialist, was taking over. Would he be able to innovate as Jobs did?
Read more about how Cook took Apple to new heights at the link in our bio.
Story by Alistair Barr
(Credit: REUTERS)
#apple #timcook #stevejobs #siliconvalley
