In a tragic moment for Steve Jobs, there is a bright spot: Tim Cook, who will succeed Jobs as Apple's CEO, is an credibly thorough and tail oriented boss who has revolutnized the way puters are assembled and steadily held the nfince of Apple's employe and partners. He is also, as we reported January, sted to bee an in for gay advancement.
Contents:
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT AS GAY: I'M PROUD
- TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
- APPLE AND STEVE JOBS HAVE LONG BEEN CHAMPNS FOR GAY RIGHTS
- APPLE CEO TIM COOK COM OUT AS GAY
- APPLE'S TIM COOK PROFILED AS "MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN SILIN VALLEY"
APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT: 'I'M PROUD TO BE GAY'
Apple CEO Tim Cook wr a lumn which he announc that he's gay: "I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me." * creator of apple gay *
Apple CEO Tim Cook me out Thursday, acknowledgg publicly for the first time that he is gay.
APPLE CEO TIM COOK OUT AS GAY: I'M PROUD
* creator of apple gay *
"Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " he wrote a lumn Bloomberg Bsweek.
"So if hearg that the CEO of Apple is gay n help someone stgglg to e to terms wh who he or she is, or brg fort to anyone who feels alone, or spire people to sist on their equaly, then 's worth the tra-off wh my own privacy.
" Related: Tim Cook isn't the only openly gay CEO Cook, who grew up Alabama, said he has long been open about his sexual orientatn, but had jt not prevly discsed publicly. "Plenty of lleagu at Apple know I'm gay, and don't seem to make a difference the way they treat me, " he wrote. " There have been some mors and speculatn that Cook is gay.
TIM COOK: APPLE'S NEW CEO AND THE MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN AMERI
Out magaze had prevly named him as the most powerful gay person on s Power 50 list. But there are no other publicly gay CEO's at the 700 largt rporatns.
APPLE AND STEVE JOBS HAVE LONG BEEN CHAMPNS FOR GAY RIGHTS
John Browne served as CEO of BP (BP) om 1995 to 2007, and acknowledged he was gay after he was forced to leave office. One more years of stayg relatively silent, Apple CEO Tim Cook me out as gay on Thursday for the first time publicly, sayg that "while I have never nied my sexualy, I haven't publicly acknowledged eher, until now. ""So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me.
"'"So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " Cook said Bsweek, beg the first Fortune 500 chief executive to e out, who took over the role 2011 shortly before the ath of Apple founr Steve Jobs, wr that he's been open about his sexualy wh many people his life, cludg "plenty" of his Apple lleagu, and that hasn't changed the way he's been treated. He ntu the post:"Beg gay has given me a eper unrstandg of what means to be the mory and provid a wdow to the challeng that people other mory groups al wh every day. "RELATED: Apple CEO tells climate change niers to sell their Apple sharThe Natnal Gay & Lbian Chamber of Commerce praised Cook for g out, wrg a statement that "The bs voice of the LGBT muny, mends Tim Cook for his movg and heartfelt g out say...
APPLE CEO TIM COOK COM OUT AS GAY
Wyomg on Tuday beme the 32nd state to legalize gay marriage, jog several other nservative areas allowg same-sex lossal shift go for public opn, too. A recent poll shows half of the Amerin public believ gay marriage is a nstutnal right, wh 50% sayg that same-sex marriage is protected by the U.
APPLE'S TIM COOK PROFILED AS "MOST POWERFUL GAY MAN SILIN VALLEY"
The numbers support of marriage equaly this year far surpass those om a siar survey 2004, when jt 32% of Amerins said they favored gay as a pany has been a strong supporter of marriage equaly.
" And Cook himself has been a vol supporter of gay rights over the years. "In December 2013, a speech Cook gave on gay rights and racism -- cludg personal discrimatn -- led some media outlets, cludg Gawker's tech se Valleywag, to ponr if that was the first time the Apple CEO acknowledged his sexual orientatn publicly.
This summer, a CNBC segment of "Squawk on the Street" turned heads when one host accintally "outed" Cook, sayg “I thk Tim Cook is fairly open about the fact that he’s gay at the head of Apple isn’t he? He is also, as we reported January, sted to bee an in for gay advancement.