--- description: Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a recent interview that Steve Jobs' most significant contribution to the world was "the company and its culture." title: Tim Cook Says This Was Steve Jobs' Biggest Gift to the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07433202b11be7f8/6987840f2dce014a9e9de164/98328574.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Apple](/tag/apple/) ## Apple Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Tim Cook Says This Was Steve Jobs' Biggest Gift to the World  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 12:53 PM CUT  Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple special event April 8, 2010 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple special event April 8, 2010 in Cupertino, California.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 12:53 PM CUT Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a recent [interview](http://www.fastcompany.com/3042435/steves-legacy-tim-looks-ahead "undefined") that late Apple chief Steve Jobs’ most significant contribution to the world was “the company and its culture.” Cook’s comments came in a lengthy interview with _Fast Company_ in which the Apple CEO spoke at length about Jobs’ legacy at the company, the upcoming Apple Watch and Apple’s future at large. Via [FastCo](http://www.fastcompany.com/3042435/steves-legacy-tim-looks-ahead "undefined"): --- > “” --- Cook also said Jobs was “the best teacher I ever had by far.” Read the rest of the Tim Cook interview at [_Fast Company_](http://www.fastcompany.com/3042435/steves-legacy-tim-looks-ahead "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3748776/tim-cook-steve-jobs-apple-gift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3748776/tim-cook-steve-jobs-apple-gift/"},"headline":"Tim Cook Says This Was Steve Jobs' Biggest Gift to the World","datePublished":"2015-03-18T12:53:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:40.772Z","description":"\"The company and its culture\"","url":"https://time.com/3748776/tim-cook-steve-jobs-apple-gift/","keywords":["Apple","Tech","Steve Jobs","Tim cook"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07433202b11be7f8/6987840f2dce014a9e9de164/98328574.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07433202b11be7f8/6987840f2dce014a9e9de164/98328574.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Unveils New Software For iPhone And iPad","caption":"Apple Unveils New Software For iPhone And iPad","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/apple/","name":"Apple"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3748776/tim-cook-steve-jobs-apple-gift/","name":"Tim Cook Says This Was Steve Jobs' Biggest Gift to the World"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Steve Jobs' First Demonstration of the Mac for the Public, Unseen Since 1984","description":"Courtesy of the Computer History Museum, Steve Jobs and company present the Mac to the Boston Computer Society on January 30, 1984 -- its first ever public showing.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oH8epSeA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-26T03:28:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oH8epSeA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3748776/tim-cook-steve-jobs-apple-gift/","duration":"PT1H36M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3748776/tim-cook-steve-jobs-apple-gift/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```