Apples John Ternus will run one of the worlds most powerful companies; the job is a minefield | TechCrunch
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- Tim Cook has been Apple’s CEO for 15 years.
- He has faced down the FBI over encryption and defended the App Store against accusations that Apple had turned the iPhone into an illegal monopoly.
- Cook has also had to navigate two Trump administrations and one Biden administration — each with its own posture toward Big Tech, China, and regulation.
- He also made compromises to stay in the Chinese market that attracted a whole lot of unwanted attention from human rights groups.
- Not last, Cook watched the company's most ambitious hardware bet — the Vision Pro headset — bomb with consumers.
Over his 15year reign as Apples top banana, Tim Cook has become instantly recognizable, powerful beyond imagination, and exceedingly wealthy. Most estimates peg Cooks current net worth at roughly $3 [+6744 chars]
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