{"id":22781,"date":"2026-04-21T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/fifteen-years-after-steve-jobs-tim-cook-leaves-a-dramatically-different-apple\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:37:28","slug":"fifteen-years-after-steve-jobs-tim-cook-leaves-a-dramatically-different-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/fifteen-years-after-steve-jobs-tim-cook-leaves-a-dramatically-different-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen years after Steve Jobs, Tim Cook leaves a dramatically different Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cook exported the smartphone revolution from the US to the world and turned Apple into one of the most powerful and profitable companies on Earth<\/p>\n<p>After 15 years, Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple\u2019s top executive. At age 65, he leaves behind a hardware juggernaut that, under his leadership, brought about a global smartphone revolution and transformed Apple into one of the most profitable publicly traded companies in history.<\/p>\n<p>With a reputation for logistical management, Cook first joined Apple in 1998, overseeing its worldwide sales and operations. In 2009, he temporarily began running day-to-day operations when the company\u2019s legendary co-founder, Steve Jobs, took medical leave due to complications from pancreatic cancer. In 2011, just a few months before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2011\/oct\/06\/steve-jobs-obituary\">Jobs\u2019 death<\/a>, Cook took over as CEO.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/20\/tim-cook-apple-steve-jobs\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/98900245563a200c8d7a4fd1180f54782a1660af\/229_0_2542_2033\/master\/2542.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9235574baaa20f39c747b8f468f0e6dc\" title=\"Fifteen years after Steve Jobs, Tim Cook leaves a dramatically different Apple\" \/>Cook exported the smartphone revolution from the US to the world and turned Apple into one of the most powerful and profitable companies on Earth<br \/>\nAfter 15 years, Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple\u2019s top executive. At age 65, he leaves behind a hardware juggernaut that, under his leadership, brought about a global smartphone revolution and transformed Apple into one of the most profitable publicly traded companies in history.<br \/>\nWith a reputation for logistical management, Cook first joined Apple in 1998, overseeing its worldwide sales and operations. In 2009, he temporarily began running day-to-day operations when the company\u2019s legendary co-founder, Steve Jobs, took medical leave due to complications from pancreatic cancer. In 2011, just a few months before Jobs\u2019 death, Cook took over as CEO. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cook exported the smartphone revolution from the US to the world and turned Apple into one of the most powerful and profitable companies on Earth After 15 years, Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple\u2019s top executive. At age 65, he leaves behind a hardware juggernaut that, under his leadership, brought about a global smartphone &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/fifteen-years-after-steve-jobs-tim-cook-leaves-a-dramatically-different-apple\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fifteen years after Steve Jobs, Tim Cook leaves a dramatically different Apple<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22781"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}