Timothy Donald Cook, born 1 November 1960 in Mobile, Alabama, has been the CEO of Apple Inc. since August 2011, succeeding Steve Jobs.

His Parents

Father: Donald Cook — a shipyard worker at the Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company.

Mother: Geraldine Cook née Marlowe — a pharmacist.

His Brothers

Tim has two brothers: Gerald Cook (younger) and Mike Cook (younger).

His Personal Life

Tim Cook came out publicly as gay in October 2014 through an open letter in Bloomberg Businessweek, becoming the first Fortune 500 CEO to come out. He is unmarried.

The Cook Family Tree at a Glance

Father: Donald Cook — shipyard worker.

Mother: Geraldine Cook née Marlowe — pharmacist.

Brothers: Gerald Cook; Mike Cook.

Tim Cook:

  • Born 1 November 1960, Mobile, Alabama; raised in Robertsdale, Alabama
  • Auburn University (BS Industrial Engineering, 1982)
  • Duke University Fuqua School of Business (MBA, 1988)
  • IBM (1982–1994); Intelligent Electronics (1994); Compaq (1997)
  • Joined Apple, March 1998
  • CEO of Apple from 24 August 2011

Personal: Single; no children.

What the Cook Family Story Teaches Us

A shipyard-worker father. A pharmacist mother. Two younger brothers. An Alabama childhood that produced the CEO of the world's most-valuable consumer-technology company. A man who came out publicly as gay at 53 — making him the first openly-LGBT Fortune 500 CEO.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Tim Cook story carries the same lesson. Coming out is a real family-tree event. Tim's October 2014 letter is part of his family record alongside every other significant milestone of his life. Write down the moments when family members made themselves visible. They are some of the most consequential entries.

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