--- description: Following Tim Cook's announcement that is gay, here is a look back at the many successes of the Apple CEO. title: Have a Look at Tim Cook's Time As Apple CEO image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Have a Look at Tim Cook's Time As Apple CEO by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 9:29 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 9:29 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3549582/tim-cook-apple-timeline/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3549582/tim-cook-apple-timeline/"},"headline":"Have a Look at Tim Cook's Time As Apple CEO","datePublished":"2014-10-30T21:29:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:33.900Z","description":"Following Tim Cook's announcement that is gay, here is a look back at the many successes of the Apple CEO.","url":"https://time.com/3549582/tim-cook-apple-timeline/","keywords":["Companies","Tech","Apple","Life","Steve Jobs","iPhone","iPad","Tim cook","gay","IBM","iPod"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3549582/tim-cook-apple-timeline/","name":"Have a Look at Tim Cook's Time As Apple CEO"}}]}] ```