October 14, 2005: Tim Cook takes the reins as Apple’s chief operating officer, continuing an upward climb through the company’s ranks that will make him CEO less than six years later.
“Tim and I have worked together for over seven years now, and I am looking forward to working even more closely with him to help Apple reach some exciting goals during the coming years,” Steve Jobs says in a statement.
Tim Cook’s rise to the top at Apple
Prior to his promotion, Cook served as Apple’s vice president of worldwide sales and operations since 2002. Before that, he worked as Apple’s senior vice president of operations, joining the company in 1998 after a short stint at Compaq.
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