Jobs will take over as chairman of the Apple board, and current COO Tim Cook will replace him as CEO:
"Apple's Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple"s Chief Operating Officer, as the company"s new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board, effective immediately."
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple, COO Tim Cook named replacementArrayApple’s Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of the company, reports the company. Apple’s COO Tim Cook has been named as a replacement and Jobs has been named Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. In a publicly released letter, Jobs says that he can no longer meet his duties and expectations as CEO of [...]- His resignation letter:
This is Steve Jobs’ Resignation Letter to the BoardToday, Apple’s Steve Jobs announced his resignation as CEO of the company in the following letter to Apple’s Board of Directors. To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I [...]Some context on new CEO Tim Cook:
Who is the new Apple CEO Tim Cook?The tech world is in shock today after Steve Jobs resigned from his position as CEO of Apple. The board has named COO Tim Cook as his replacement, but who is the man who faces the difficult job of replacing Jobs, a figure who has became synonymous with the company and its products?Steve Wozniak says of Jobs:
"He"s probably going to be remembered for the next 100 years as the best business leader of our time. He will watch the company for a while, hope its on such a good track."
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: Steve Jobs is the greatest business leader of our timeIf you’ve seen the news or logged on to your favourite social networking website this evening, you will know that Apple co-founder and talismanic leader Steve Jobs has resigned from his position as CEO, with the company immediately appointing former COO TIm Cook as its new chief.- Some reaction from Twitter:
Steve Jobs’s Best QuotesSteve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, the company he founded and turned into the largest technology company in the world. Although his tenure as CEO will be remembered for ushering in fundamental changes in the way people interact with technology, he has also been known for his salesmanship, his ability to turn a phrase - and a knack for taking complicated ideas and making them easy to understand.Earlier this year Hermione Way of The Next Web spoke to Apple fans about what they thought the company would be like without Jobs:
Daring Fireball: Resigned
Reading around the web an hour ago, trying to confirm the news that Steve Jobs had resigned as CEO, I repeatedly encountered and bridled each time at use of the adjective "shocking" to describe the announcement. But my initial resentment was unwarranted. This is not out of nowhere, it's not even unexpected.- While Om Malik writes:"And while I wish for him to have time with his family, I am also very selfish. I will miss the thespian who made inanimate objects like a computer become a thing to behold. A few years ago I compared Steve to Howard Hughes using the line, "Some men dream the future. He built it."
Steve Jobs and the sound of silenceLike many of my colleagues in Silicon Valley, I was having a fantastic day. It is crisp in the shade, warm in the sun. The skies are a magical blue with puffy clouds floating like dreams. And when all seemed to be going well, an email in my inbox - without as much as the new message sound: Letter from Steve Jobs.- A post by Josh Bernoff titled "The Meaning of Steve"."Consider, for a moment, the meaning of Steve.
By my count, Steve Jobs changed the world five times. Five."
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