Career
Cook served as chief operating officer (COO) of the computer reseller division of Intelligent Electronics. He also spent 12 years in IBM's personal computer business as the director of North American Fulfillment. Cook was VP for Corporate Materials at Compaq for seven months before he was hired by Steve Jobs to join Apple in 1998.
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