Tim Cook Hits Billionaire Status With Apple Nearing $2 Trillion
- Cook took Apple to new heights after Steve Jobs died
- CEO has said he’ll donate most of his wealth to charity
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Nine years after Steve Jobs stepped down and thrust Tim Cook to the top of Apple Inc., the company is more valuable than ever -- and so is Cook.
Apple’s share price rose almost 5% last week, leaving the company Jobs co-founded 44 years ago in his parents’ California home on the cusp of stock-market milestone: a market value of nearly $2 trillion.