How Apple CEO Tim Cook made and spent his huge fortune

Tim Cook benefited greatly from Apple when in August 2020, his assets exceeded 1 billion USD, when the Apple market capitalization approached the 2,000 billion USD mark. According to Forbes, the Apple CEO currently owns 2.1 billion USD. He currently holds more than 3 million Apple shares, less than 1% of the company's shares. However, over the years, Cook has sold hundreds of millions of USD worth of shares. In addition to Apple, Cook has also been on the Nike Board of Directors since 2005. This gives him millions of dollars in stock options.

In addition, the Apple CEO is very active in charity, for example, in 2015, he announced plans to donate the majority of his assets when signing the Giving Pledge. To date, Cook has donated millions of dollars in Apple stock. As CEO of Apple, he also announced that the company would support the recovery of the Amazon forest fires and solve the housing crisis in California.

Like Steve Jobs, Cook is a passionate worker. He once said: don't work for money. You will get tired very quickly, or feel like it's never enough. According to Inc, Cook has also mentioned the idea of "doing what you love" many times in other events. Money Wise believes that Cook hinted that he wouldn't be CEO of Apple if he didn't like it. Because Cook's job at Apple is under a lot of pressure, having to continue Jobs' work while also dealing with the government's tightening control of technology giants over the years.

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