Tim Cook gets the cover in 2022 Time 100 list

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been included in Time's annual list of the 100 Most Influential people of 2022, with the chief receiving praise from Laurene Powell Jobs as well as a cover shot.

The Time 100 is a list compiled of people that the publication believes have been the most influential in the world over the last 12 months. For 2022, Tim Cook has made a return to the list, following seven years after his last appearance.

The profile of Cook was written by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of co-founder Steve Jobs and founder of social change organization the Emerson Collective.

"Apple is Tim Cook's life's work, and in this work, Tim displays mastery," Powell Jobs starts, before declaring Cook as demonstrating "more range in his leadership of one of the world's largest companies than any contemporary CEO."

The full Time 100 cover featuring Tim Cook, one of five covers being published.

"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," she adds. "Yet Tim does it with compassion and discipline, turning to nature to replenish his spirit."

Cook is said to have "carved out a place as not only one of the world's most admired CEOs, but an exemplar of moral leadership, technological innovation, environmental stewardship, and humanitarianism. Powell Jobs finishes by paraphrasing Theodore Roosevelt: "Tim strives valiantly, dares greatly, and spends himself in a grand cause."

Along with the profile, Cook is also one of the people who appears on one of five variants of the magazine's front cover. Other cover stars include actor Zendaya, musician Mary J. Blige, actor Simu Liu, and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

9 Comments

leavingthebigg 1291 comments · 11 Years

About 2 years ago

I am looking forward to buying this edition of Time! Having the article about Tim Cook written by Laurene Powell Jobs provides more credibility than anyone else at this point. I am also thinking Channing Tatum is over-the-top awed that Matthew McConnaughey wrote an article about him.

gilly33 444 comments · 10 Years

Way to go Mr. Cook and Mss. Mia Mottley. Tim defies all the naysayers time and again.

steve_jobs 86 comments · 4 Years

I made the back cover design of that particular issue :*.

22july2013 3725 comments · 11 Years

AppleInsider said:

Cook is said to have "carved out a place as not only one of the world's most admired CEOs, but an exemplar of moral leadership, technological innovation, environmental stewardship, and humanitarianism. Powell Jobs finishes by paraphrasing Theodore Roosevelt: "Tim strives valiantly, dares greatly, and spends himself in a grand cause."

There's a quotation mark error in that paragraph.

For Tim's sake, it's a good think "human rights" isn't on the criteria list for winning. And I say that despite being an AAA: Ardent Apple Advocate.

fastasleep 6450 comments · 14 Years

22july2013 said:

AppleInsider said:

Cook is said to have "carved out a place as not only one of the world's most admired CEOs, but an exemplar of moral leadership, technological innovation, environmental stewardship, and humanitarianism. Powell Jobs finishes by paraphrasing Theodore Roosevelt: "Tim strives valiantly, dares greatly, and spends himself in a grand cause."

There's a quotation mark error in that paragraph.

For Tim's sake, it's a good think "human rights" isn't on the criteria list for winning. And I say that despite being an AAA: Ardent Apple Advocate.

I love typo criticisms followed by typos. Also, what do you think humanitarianism is?