"I always say that if one day I really can't fulfill my duties and expectations as CEO, I'll be the first to let you know," jobs, 55, said in an email. Unfortunately, this naïve, chief Operating Officer Cook (Tim Cook) took over as CEO of "Caixin Net" (special London correspondent Guewe Washington correspondent Zhang Tao) global electronics giant Apple Inc. (Appel Inc. Steve Jobs, co-founder and chief executive, abruptly resigned in late Wednesday (August 24), but announced he would continue to be chairman of the company's board of directors. Chief Operating Officer (COO) Cook (Tim Cook) succeeded Mr. Jobs as CEO. "I always say that if one day I really can't fulfill my duties and expectations as CEO, I'll be the first to let you know," jobs, 55, said in an e-mail to shareholders and users late Wednesday. "(Steve Jobs's resignation letter in English)" Unfortunately, this naïve to come. "I resigned as CEO of Apple," Mr. Jobs said. If the board deems it appropriate, I would also like to continue to serve as Chairman, director and Apple employee. "In this email, jobs did not specify the reason for his resignation," he said. Jobs took sick leave on January 17 this year. , chief operating officer Cook temporarily replaced jobs. On August 10, Apple overtook Exxon Mobil, the oil giant, to become the world's highest-value listed company by 337.2 billion dollars in market capitalisation. Apple's market capitalisation has soared for 8 years, its share price has risen twice-fold since the iphone was released in 2007, and last May, Apple overtook Microsoft to become the world's most valuable technology company. This January, Apple overtook PetroChina to become the world's second-largest company by market capitalisation. U.S. stock futures fell abruptly after the announcement of Jobs ' resignation. The standard and poor 500 index futures fell 0.4% in the afternoon of Wednesday (August 24) in New York, reporting 1166.8 points, while the Nasdaq index fell 0.8%. Meanwhile, Apple's shares fell 6.6% per cent to $351.35 a share. But Mr Jobs's resignation is not surprising, analysts think. "Many investors have expected this to happen and are satisfied with their successor, Cook." "Shannon Cross, analyst at Cross Research, said to Reuters. Cross also said Cook's performance as CEO during Jobs's illness was satisfactory. Larry Haverty, a GAMCO fund manager, quoted Bloomberg as saying that Apple's cash flow could keep investors ' interests in Havert. "Jobs created the legend, but he believes Apple's successor, Cook, can lead the company forward," he said. "The 51-year-old Cook worked for 12 years as head of North America in the IBM PC Executive department. Since then, in intelligent electronics company asDistribution Department COO, after moving to CSM operations as vice president. Mr. Cook served as vice president for 6 months at Compaq, another computer company, before he was recruited by Steve Jobs. After turning to Apple, Mr. Cook was promoted to COO in 2004, 2009 and 2011 when he was a CEO during his illness. During Apple, he helped Apple shut down factories and warehouses around the world, lowered the company's inventory levels and improved supply chains, making a significant contribution to boosting corporate profits. As a COO, he is responsible for the company's worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end supply chain management, global market after-sales service, and he is also responsible for Apple's Mac department. Apple's products have been favored by consumers in recent years. Sao Sampath Sowmyanarayan, a partner in technology and Communications at Boston Consulting, told Caixin that Apple had done a good job integrating hardware and software, and that it was giving it a deep understanding of the user's experience, which was the biggest temptation for software companies to develop into hardware. This excellence also benefits from the personal management and business style of jobs. Therefore, although the successor's ability to manage is not inferior, but after the formal takeover of Apple, the media has been said that the "use of intuition to guide life," whether the cook will affect Apple's future product quality remains to be seen.
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