Michal Marek This year, Tim Cook was ranked by TIME magazine among 100 most influential people in the world. He added a number of important celebrities, scientists, authors, healthcare professionals and famous managers to the list.
The passage about Tim Cook was written by John Lewis, a human rights activist and congressman from Georgia for the Democratic Party. The last time Tim Cook made the list was in 2012, which was less than a year after the death of his predecessor at the head of the company, Steve Jobs.
It couldn't have been easy for Tim Cook to replace Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. But Tim pushed Apple to unimaginable profits and greater social responsibility with grace, courage and undisguised goodwill. Tim sets new standards for what business can do in the world. He is unwavering in his support of individual rights and not only advocates for gay and lesbian rights, but fights for change through words and actions. His determination to use renewable energy sources then leaves our planet a little cleaner and greener for the generation of our children yet to be born.
Although Jony Ive is not on the list, he still has a certain connection with it. The chief designer of Apple wrote the medallion of Brian Chesky, the founder of Airbnb. According to Ivo, he earned his place on the list as a revolutionary in the field of travel. Thanks to him and the community he founded, we don't have to feel like strangers anywhere.
In addition to Cook and Chesky, we can also find a number of other icons of the technology industry on the list. The head of Microsoft Satya Nadella, the head of YouTube Susan Wojcicki, the co-founder of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman and the founder and head of Xiaomi Lei Ťün were included among the most influential people on our planet. But the list also includes other well-known personalities, of which Emma Watson, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, Tim McGraw or Vladimir Putin can be mentioned at random.
Tim Cook was also nominated by TIME magazine for the "Person of the Year 2014" award.
Well, that's the height of honor to be included among West and Kardashian. What in the world am I doing to you? West is still OK making music. But a Kardashian? wtf?