The road to $3 trillion -- Tim Cook took charge of Apple on August 24, 2011

While he'd filled in for Steve Jobs before, August 24, 2011 was the day when Apple formally became Tim Cook's company, and since then he's built Apple from merely huge to a financial juggernaut.

Apple CEO Tim Cook — image credit: Apple

At the start of August 20, 2011, Steve Jobs was still in charge of Apple and the company's products included the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2. Then by the day's end, Tim Cook was CEO, as Jobs stepped aside for health reasons.

He is the seventh CEO of the company and if seemingly he would've been happier to see Steve Jobs continue, the changeover was not as sudden as it seemed. For as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Cook had already filled in for Jobs during his health-related absences.Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums