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Tim Cook

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q20875134&amp;oldid=2515843305" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">member of the Alabama Academy of Honor · dated 2014
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q312&amp;oldid=2564760385" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Inc. · from 1998
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q484876&amp;oldid=2551704978" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">chief executive officer · from 2011-08-24 · to 2026-08-31
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q540672&amp;oldid=2557615237" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Auburn University · to 1982
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q604370&amp;oldid=2537799094" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time 100 · dated 2021
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q37156&amp;oldid=2555843158" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IBM · from 1982 · to 1994

Wikidata describes Tim Cook as American business executive, former Apple executive chairman.

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