Tim Cook offering lunch date at Apple HQ for charity
Apple fans, detractors, and investors alike now have a chance to sit down with CEO Tim Cook one-on-one, as the executive is auctioning off a lunch date at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., to benefit charity.
The lunch date, presumably at Apple's famous Caffe Macs in the Infinite Loop campus, is being offered through charity auction site CharityBuzz. At press time, one confirmed bid of $10,000 had come in, though the site estimates the meal's value at $100,000.
According to the auction listing, the winning bidder can bring one guest, though both will need to undergo security screening. Cook has carved out one hour for the event, and scheduling could take up to a year based on his availability.
Additionally, travel and lodging expenses are not included, so the winning bidder will need to make their own way to Cupertino.
This is the second time Cook has offered himself up for a good cause on CharityBuzz. Last May, a one-hour coffee meeting with the Apple chief fetched $610,000 to benefit the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Hungry bidders have until May 13 at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time to submit their bids.
The lunch date, presumably at Apple's famous Caffe Macs in the Infinite Loop campus, is being offered through charity auction site CharityBuzz. At press time, one confirmed bid of $10,000 had come in, though the site estimates the meal's value at $100,000.
According to the auction listing, the winning bidder can bring one guest, though both will need to undergo security screening. Cook has carved out one hour for the event, and scheduling could take up to a year based on his availability.
Additionally, travel and lodging expenses are not included, so the winning bidder will need to make their own way to Cupertino.
This is the second time Cook has offered himself up for a good cause on CharityBuzz. Last May, a one-hour coffee meeting with the Apple chief fetched $610,000 to benefit the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Hungry bidders have until May 13 at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time to submit their bids.
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This human being Tim is being human.
I dunno. The Mac Cafe would be a pretty bodacious place to hang with my crew, compadre.
I dunno. The Mac Cafe would be a pretty bodacious place to hang with my crew, compadre.
Original URL for these pics please?
Bromwich has demanded he sit in on this meeting too.
Here’s where I found them as large as I did.
I'm not sure how this is suppose to pump up the stock price.
Cook should be fired. As a shareholder, I'm not paying him to eat.
The bid growth should be 30% yoy.
More innovating, less eating.
Steve Jobs would never eat lunch.
Rumored lunch to intro the iSnack.
When's the last time Cafe Mac released something game-changing?
That one’s not false, at least for his last few years.
I use to work at Apple HQ and believe me Cafe Mac is pretty top notch.
So, a few people with a LOT of money get to have lunch with him. How about for every one who pays there is a seat for someone drawn on a lottery system, who might offer a different insight.
At press time, one confirmed bid of $10,000 had come in, though the site estimates the meal's value at $100,000...
That's one helluva menu price! Maybe they have an ala carte option? I wonder how much Tim Cook's value is?
The judge will back that up.
I love this part of the release:
"Cook has carved out one hour for the event, and scheduling could take up to a year based on his availability."
Now that's a hell of a schedule.
Is waiting in line in the cafeteria to order and get your food included in the hour?
On a serious note, very nice thing of Cook to do. He's going to raise a lot of money for charity by doing this.