{"id":21086,"date":"2026-09-01T07:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21086"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:13:11","slug":"apple-ceo-tim-cook-gives-nod-to-founder-steve-jobs-in-final-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21086","title":{"rendered":"Apple CEO Tim Cook gives nod to founder Steve Jobs in final memo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Apple\u2019s chief executive Tim Cook bid farewell to the tech giant on Monday, paying tribute to founder Steve Jobs and praising staff as \u201cextraordinary,\u201d as he passed the baton to incoming CEO John Ternus.<\/p>\n<p>Cook spent nearly three decades at Apple, which he has led as CEO since 2011. He took over just weeks before Jobs died from pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made it possible to leave our \u2018dent in the universe,\u2019 as Steve once described it,\u201d Cook wrote in the memo on his last day on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs hired Cook in 1998, and by 2005, Cook was promoted to chief operating officer and cemented his reputation as a savvy supply chain manager.<\/p>\n<p>Under Cook, Apple has become one of the most valuable companies in the world; its market value exceeded $4.5 trillion on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever there is to say about my success, I know it is all because of you,\u201d Cook wrote to his staff. \u201cI have never seen or been with such an extraordinary team of people before, and every day I get to see more examples of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1613838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1613838\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1613838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Jobs-Apple-AFP-1K-001-800x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Jobs-Apple-AFP-1K-001-800x567.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Jobs-Apple-AFP-1K-001-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Steve-Jobs-Apple-AFP-1K-001.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1613838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone 2007. \u2014 \u00a9 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apple has around 166,000 employees around the world, according to its most recent annual report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love this company and the team behind it,\u201d Cook wrote, adding that it has been \u201cthe privilege of a lifetime serving as your leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cook will now become the company\u2019s executive chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Ternus takes over on September 1 as only the second CEO to lead Apple after Jobs.<\/p>\n<p>He has been with the company since 2001 when he joined its design team and eventually became senior vice president of hardware engineering.<\/p>\n<p>He gets just over a week to settle in, with Apple holding its annual iPhone event on September 9, where it is expected to unveil its first foldable handset.<\/p>\n<p>The executive handover also comes at a time when Apple faces multiple challenges, including a supply chain crunch due to soaring demand for advanced computing chips, pressure to compete on artificial intelligence, and a thorny political landscape in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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