tiredskills

davidw said:

tiredskills said:

davidw said:

nubus said:

Cook was an outstanding COO. He became CEO of the most valuable company and kept it like that for the most. Car, AVP, TV+ expenses, panic move away from China, and AI… he is no product or project person. He won’t push Apple forward.

That is a misleading statement. Cook did not "....... became CEO of the most valuable company". When Cook took over as CEO (after Jobs passing in 2011), Apple, Inc. only had a market cap of about $375B. Apple Inc. did not become the most valuable company until over 7 years later, with Cook as CEO. Apple became the first $1T US company (by market cap) in 2018. The first $2T in 2020 and the first $3T in 2024. Not bad by any metric, for a CEO that bungled its EV venture.

Not all that misleading.  Apple briefly became the worlds most valuable company in 2011, and vied for the top spot with Exxon for the following few years.  The $1tn market cap milestone was a different matter.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-09/apple-rises-from-near-bankruptcy-to-become-most-valuable-company
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/ExxonMobil-Overtakes-Apple-to-Become-the-Worlds-Largest-Company.html

Maybe check these things out before rushing to correct someone with your half-rememberings?

But Jobs named Cook as interim CEO of Apple in 2009. Cook was doing most of the heavy lifting in running Apple because of Jobs failing health.  Apple became the most valuable US company under Cook's watch. Cook didn't just inherit Apple being the most valuable US company (by market cap), he was running the company well before Apple earned that title around 2011, even if only off and on for the next few years.  Which may have been one of the main reason why Jobs officially named him CEO in 2011. It wasn't until Apple market cap hit about $1T in (2018) that Apple has become known as the most valuable company in the World and not just based on market cap, like it was in 2011. Apple has been  the most profitable company in the US since around 2015 and second most profitable company in the World today. 

You make it seem as though Cook was just lucky to be in the right place, at the right time and played no role in Apple becoming the most valuable company in the US and then the World. All of those happened when Apple was under his watch.

davidw said:

nubus said:

Cook was an outstanding COO. He became CEO of the most valuable company and kept it like that for the most. Car, AVP, TV+ expenses, panic move away from China, and AI… he is no product or project person. He won’t push Apple forward.

That is a misleading statement. Cook did not "....... became CEO of the most valuable company". When Cook took over as CEO (after Jobs passing in 2011), Apple, Inc. only had a market cap of about $375B. Apple Inc. did not become the most valuable company until over 7 years later, with Cook as CEO. Apple became the first $1T US company (by market cap) in 2018. The first $2T in 2020 and the first $3T in 2024. Not bad by any metric, for a CEO that bungled its EV venture.

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