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The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right

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The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own rightWorldPing
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What happened

Fortune’s reporting from 2008 to 2017 traces Cook’s rise from operations chief to an Apple CEO.

Key facts

  • Fortune’s reporting from 2008 to 2017 traces Cook’s rise from operations chief to an Apple CEO.
  • Reported by Fortune and published Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:00 UTC.

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