Michal Ždanský Magazine Fortune published a list of the world's fifty greatest leaders across the spectrum of activity, from corporate leadership to politics to public life. The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, was also placed in this ranking, specifically in 33rd place, next to personalities such as Bill Clinton, Angela Merkel, Pope Francis, Bono, the Dalai Lama or Warren Buffet.
Cook took over the reins of Apple in August 2011 after the resignation of co-founder Steve Jobs, who died shortly after leaving the company. During the two and a half years of Cook's reign, Apple did very well. The stock price is up 44 percent (although it is currently far from its all-time high), and the company has introduced quite a few successful products, although many journalists predicted its doom after the departure of the genius Steve Jobs.
Taking over a successful company after such an icon as Jobs was was not easy for Cook, moreover, Cook is more of an introvert, the opposite of Jobs, one would like to say. However, Apple rules with a firm hand and is not afraid to shake up the company's top management, as was the case with Scott Forstall. Cook is also a great fighter for human rights and a supporter of minorities, after all, one of his biggest heroes is Martin Luther King. His Fortune ranking is well deserved, despite some unflattering reviews, most recently in a highly biased book Haunted Empire.
Hi, maybe it wouldn't be out of place to translate the Pope's name -> Pope Francis (instead of the ugly Pope Francis) when you're already adding a feminine ending to Mrs. Merkel's last name. J.