Tim Cook to join newly announced California Economic Task Force
As the California works to reopen amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new economic recovery task force whose ranks will include Apple CEO Tim Cook and Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger.
Apple CEO Tim Cook will join more than 70 others as part of a new economic recovery task force in California.
The state of California and Gov. Newsom have largely been ahead of the broader coronavirus response in the U.S. Just a few days after shelter-in-place restrictions were implemented across many San Francisco Bay Area counties, the governor issued a statewide stay-at-home order on March 19, making California the first in the nation to do so.
The goal of the task force, which will meet twice a month through 2020, is to help the Californian economy recover from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, CNBC reported. It will be co-chaired by billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer and Newsom chief of staff Ann O'Leary, and will include more than 70 members including Cook.
Cook, along with more than 50 other business executives, has also been tapped by President Donald Trump to help devise a plan to reopen the U.S. economy after the coronavirus pandemic.
California has the fifth largest economy in the world, but Gov. Newsom on Friday acknowledged the significant impact that COVID-19 has had on the state. In the last month, more than 2.7 million Californians filed for unemployment and projections indicate that the unemployment rate could top records set during the Great Recession.
News of Cook's involvement with the task force comes just one day after the Apple chief executive held an all-hands virtual meeting to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the company. During that meeting, Cook expressed confidence that Apple would emerge strongly from the crisis.
Among U.S. states, Apple's operations mark its largest footprint in California. The Cupertino-based tech giant has 36,786 employees and 53 retail stores in the state. California also has the highest concentration of both Apple suppliers and app economy jobs.
As of Friday, April 17, the California Health Department has recorded a relatively low 28,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 970 deaths. The current stay-at-home orders in the state are set to continue through May 3, though they may be extended.
Apple CEO Tim Cook will join more than 70 others as part of a new economic recovery task force in California.
The state of California and Gov. Newsom have largely been ahead of the broader coronavirus response in the U.S. Just a few days after shelter-in-place restrictions were implemented across many San Francisco Bay Area counties, the governor issued a statewide stay-at-home order on March 19, making California the first in the nation to do so.
The goal of the task force, which will meet twice a month through 2020, is to help the Californian economy recover from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, CNBC reported. It will be co-chaired by billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer and Newsom chief of staff Ann O'Leary, and will include more than 70 members including Cook.
Cook, along with more than 50 other business executives, has also been tapped by President Donald Trump to help devise a plan to reopen the U.S. economy after the coronavirus pandemic.
California has the fifth largest economy in the world, but Gov. Newsom on Friday acknowledged the significant impact that COVID-19 has had on the state. In the last month, more than 2.7 million Californians filed for unemployment and projections indicate that the unemployment rate could top records set during the Great Recession.
News of Cook's involvement with the task force comes just one day after the Apple chief executive held an all-hands virtual meeting to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the company. During that meeting, Cook expressed confidence that Apple would emerge strongly from the crisis.
Among U.S. states, Apple's operations mark its largest footprint in California. The Cupertino-based tech giant has 36,786 employees and 53 retail stores in the state. California also has the highest concentration of both Apple suppliers and app economy jobs.
As of Friday, April 17, the California Health Department has recorded a relatively low 28,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 970 deaths. The current stay-at-home orders in the state are set to continue through May 3, though they may be extended.
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I would love to know what tools were used for this. MS teams?
Honestly, its not that hard to give even for normal people. You don't always have to donate millions to make a difference.
It’s also easy for the regular person to help out those around them.
I'd probably give a little bit, but only to a select few, and to those who would meet my requirements. Many people would be excluded.
Mark Cuban: became a billionaire overnight through the sale of Broadcast.com to Yahoo! during the late 1990s internet bubble. That sale is considered to be one of the worst deals of an era that was notorious for people throwing their money away. Broadcast.com was nothing more than internet radio stations combined with a very rudimentary version of internet video streaming. They didn't have a substantial revenue stream or customer base. They didn't have any proprietary technology of value. Yet Cuban became a billionaire because the management of Yahoo! were idiots.
Fine to see Tim so involved.
This comforts him more - being busy with FaceShields and social improvement rather than AirTile, AirPower, AppleHeadphone, AirPodsPro Lite, AppleGlasses, AppleCar, iTV, MacBook 14”, iMac, HomePod 2020 etc.
It seems the worries and complications with getting products shipped are not his thing (look at the recent mehpgrades Mac Mini, iPad Mini 5, iPad Pro 2020, remaining bezel designs, quality problems...)
This CEO merely shows his compassion with things outside Apple - which translates into an organisation with less dedication, the hughest/most successful tech bureaucracy on the planet - but a fanbase feeling deserted/left with little excitement.
What happened with design after Joni’s demise ? Why did a whole department get lamented since ? What happend to Marc Newson (an legend designer w/o any major Apple design on his name ?)
All the supplemental stuff (services, Netflix streaming, contracting music stars, getting Oprah on stage, heading all kinds of side activities) only seem distractions from the essence of a product company that he has got himself disconnected from for some time.
Hopefully Tim’s government involvement will become of a mere permanent nature - making room for a product-oriented CEO
Oh wait, you are being Captain Hindsight. Nothing you wrote indicates Mark put forth no effort, didn’t work his a$$ off to get to his position or wasn’t skilled at negotiating.
So again, it is mind-numbingly hard to be really successful and even harder to be super successful.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-role-of-luck-in-life-success-is-far-greater-than-we-realized/
Science probably trumps "I think...".