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_Published 2014-10-30. Apple CEO Tim Cook, one of the most powerful men in the tech industry, announced he's gay in a Businessweek op-ed piece._


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## Transcript

One of the most powerful men in the tech and US business industry, Tim Cook, has announced he's gay. In a ten paragraph op- ed for Business Week published early Thursday morning, the apple CEO wrote, While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven't publicly acknowledged it either. Until now. So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me. The reveal is hugely significant evidenced if nothing else by the apparent crash of Business Week's website and the article only minutes after it was posted. Nguyen standing in the shadow of the most valuable company in the world.

There's. Has little ability to keep your entire personal life out of the public eye. Cook's sexual orientation has been the subject of rumor and discussion as this Gawker headline from 2011 clearly shows. And in June as CNBC's Squawk on the Street discussed the lack of openly gay CEOs in Fortune 500 companies. Co- host Simon Hobbs found out insider info doesn't always equal public knowledge. Not one would allow to be named in the column. I think, I think Tim Cook is fairly open about the fact that he's gay, the head of Apple isn't he? No. Oh dear was that an error? Cook's leadership of Apple which started in the unenviable position by the way of having to be Steve jobs successor.

Has been largely viewed as admirable. The company continues to lead the tech industry on seemingly all relevant. Front. Cook of course unveiled Apple's latest iPhone models last month along with specs and a release date for Apple's venture into wearable tech, with it's smart watch. Cook finished his [ iii } noting two pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Greet him when he arrives to work each day. Though he said his announcement. Certainly doesn't make him their equal. All it does is allow me to look at those pictures and know that I'm doing my part, however small, to help others.

We pave the sunlit path toward justice together brick by brick. This is my brick.

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