Apple CEO to Meet Singapore Leader to Wrap Whirlwind Asia Tour
- Cook meeting with Singapore’s outgoing, incoming premiers
- CEO toured Vietnam, Indonesia in search of next growth engine
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is meeting Singapore’s leader at the tail end of his most extensive Southeast Asia tour in years, searching for new growth markets and manufacturing locations to offset headwinds in China.
Cook will be in Singapore on Thursday and Friday to meet with Lawrence Wong, who is set to take over as Prime Minister next month, as well as his predecessor Lee Hsien Loong, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the executive’s itinerary isn’t public.