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Oct 2020
3m 11s

Tim Cook’s Leap of Faith

The Motley Fool
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Even before he became CEO of Apple, Tim Cook was known as a steady operator who was both thoughtful and, at times, cautious. Best-selling author Leander Kahney shares how joining Apple in the late 1990s might have been the biggest risk Tim Cook has taken in his professional life.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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