TIME has revealed the 2022 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Apple CEO Tim Cook made the list.
The TIME100 includes surprising pairings of the list members, and the guest contributors TIME selects to write about them including businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs’ widow), who wrote the feature on honoree Tim Cook.
Here’s what she has to say about Cook: Apple is Tim Cook’s life’s work, and in this work, Tim displays mastery. Tim has demonstrated more range in his leadership of one of the world’s largest companies than any contemporary CEO. Since Apple’s products and policies affect the very character of contemporary life, Tim’s job demands not only business wisdom but also philosophical wisdom. The intense pressure of setting and executing Apple’s progression with deep precision, and of taking responsibility for the company’s effects on society, is almost unimaginable. Yet Tim does it with compassion and discipline, turning to nature to replenish his spirit. In the summer he can be found hiking in our national parks, buoyed by the majesty of the mountains.
After more than a decade at the helm, Tim has carved out a place as not only one of the world’s most admired CEOs but an exemplar of moral leadership, technological imagination, environmental stewardship, and humanitarianism. To paraphrase a famous speech by Theodore Roosevelt: Tim strives valiantly, dares greatly, and spends himself in a grand cause.
Go here to see the entire TIME100 list.
