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Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave Until End of June: Tim Cook Takes Over Operations

January 15, 2009 By Mr. Mayor 1 Comment
Apple COO Tim Cook Has Some Big Shoes to Fill

Apple COO Tim Cook Has Some Big Shoes to Fill

Looks like Steve Jobs’ health issues are a little more than he or anyone else expected. In a media release yesterday, he published this email to all Apple employees:

Team,

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.

I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve

Everyone here at Mactropolis wishes you all the best for a speedy recovery and return to good health. Very much looking forward to hearing from you when you return in the summer.

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Who Will Succeed Steve Jobs at Apple?

June 25, 2008 By Mr. Mayor Leave a Comment

We’ve all heard the failing health rumors surrounding Steve Jobs… and who knows for sure what is true or not… But one thing is for sure, it has got a lot of people in the mac blogosphere speculating about who would be the successor to Mr. Jobs’ post should something very unfortunate happen in his health.

The folks over at arstechnica put together the graphic below detailing Apple execs and other higher-ups that are most likely to succeed his ‘Steveness’. Take a look:

Who Will Succeed Steve Jobs at Apple?

One would have to assume the favorite at the moment would be Timothy D. Cook who ran the company for a bit back in 2004 (during Jobs’ original health scare). Cook is a young 47, and is responsible for Apple’s worldwide sales and operations, in other words… the COO of the company.

My personal pick would be Jonathan Ive. The guy is a genius and acts as Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple… And lets face it… One of the major things that sets Apple apart from the competition is its clean design… and much of it is due to the work of Ive.

Another thing I like about him is he isn’t a stiff in a suit (and no I’m not suggesting that the other execs ARE). I don’t think Apple wants their figurehead to be a numbers, CFO, supply chain management kinda guy. I mean, c’mon, look at Jobs over the past years. Black shirt, jeans and sneakers… But I digress…

If Mr. Ive can provide the passion and ‘Rah! Rah!’ attitude that Jobs’ has exuded for many years, he could be an excellent choice.

What do you think?

[via arstechnica]

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Jonathan Ive Set to Replace Steve Jobs as Apple CEO?

December 9, 2007 By Mr. Mayor Leave a Comment

Jonathan Ive Set to Replace Steve Jobs as Apple CEO?Apple’s senior vice-president of industrial design is rumored to be the next in-line for Steve Jobs’…. Job.

Jonathan Ive has long been credited with the design of everything mac for the past many years. His accomplishments are many, not bad for a guy that apparently started out designing toilets and combs!

Just some of the products Ive has designed:

The Original iMac, iBook, MacBook, PowerBook G4, MacBook Pro, eMac, Mac mini, Xserve, Xserve RAID, Mac Pro, Power Mac G3, G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, G5, the Newton, iPod, iPhone, Airport base station, and Cinema displays…Not a bad resume!?

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