Facts about Tim Cook you’ll be surprised to know!

We all know that Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and has played a key role in elevating the brand to where it is today. Here are some other things you never knew about him!

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Tim Cook has a different sleep schedule than others. He sleeps at around 8-9 pm and wakes up at 3:45 am to get a good head start.

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Tim Cook has expressed his love for fitness, hiking, and cycling.

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Before joining Apple, Cook had worked with IBM and Compaq.

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Apple Watch was the first new product line announced with Tim Cook at the helm.

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First product line after becoming CEO

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According to Forbes, as of March 2022, Tim Cook has a net worth of more than $2 billion.

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Cook’s inspirational figures are Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.

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Like Jobs, Cook once disliked OLED displays as he felt the "color saturation was awful". However, with developments in OLED display, this perspective soon changed.

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Facts about Tim Cook you’ll be surprised to know!

We all know that Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and has played a key role in elevating the brand to where it is today. Here are some other things you never knew about him!

Tim Cook has a different sleep schedule than others. He sleeps at around 8-9 pm and wakes up at 3:45 am to get a good head start.

7-hour sleep

Tim Cook has expressed his love for fitness, hiking, and cycling.

Hobbies

Before joining Apple, Cook had worked with IBM and Compaq.

Before Apple

Apple Watch was the first new product line announced with Tim Cook at the helm.

First product line after becoming CEO

First product line after becoming CEO

According to Forbes, as of March 2022, Tim Cook has a net worth of more than $2 billion.

Cook’s inspirational figures are Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy.

Inspirational figures

Like Jobs, Cook once disliked OLED displays as he felt the "color saturation was awful". However, with developments in OLED display, this perspective soon changed.

Tim Cook doesn’t like OLED

Interesting reads