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                 GQ on Tim Cook: Calm, Curious, and Not Normal

   Adam Engst

   [1]Zach Baron's profile of Tim Cook at GQ is a fascinating read:

     At a moment dense with pathological tech founders who log on daily
     to pontificate about the collective future of humankind, Cook does
     not log on all that much. He does not move fast and break things.
     His even calmness stands as an implicit rebuke to the chaos
     agents'Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and so on'who often get called to
     testify in Congress alongside Cook about the increasingly uncertain
     state of tech in this country. In clubby Silicon Valley, where it
     appears at times like people are battling to be the first in line on
     the venture capital'powered spaceship that will carry the
     Patagonia-clad elite away from the rest of us, Cook seems to side
     with the rest of us.

   Tim Cook has been at Apple for 25 years and has been CEO since 2011.
   Despite the regular online refrains of "If Steve Jobs were still in
   charge'¦," Apple under Cook has become the world's most valuable
   company, released the Apple Watch and AirPods, and maintained focus on
   products, services, and values'and yes, making money. While some level
   of drama is inevitable for a company of Apple's size and stature, Cook
   remains a calming influence. And yes, sending him email does often
   trigger a response from the Corporate Executive Relations team.

   [2]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.gq.com/story/tim-cook-global-creativity-awards-cover-2023
   2. https://www.gq.com/story/tim-cook-global-creativity-awards-cover-2023

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