When Jobs met Cook , Cook was the procurement and supply chain manager of Compaq (Compaq) Computer Company, 37 years old, polite. Cook will not only become Jobs' operations manager, but will also be an integral partner in running Apple with him.
Jobs recalled: Cook was a purchasing agent, which is exactly the talent Apple needs. I realize that he and I have the same perspective on things. I visited many on-time factories in Japan. I hope MAC and NeXT will also build such production lines. Cook had the same idea. So we carried out this work together. We can interact at the strategic level of the company.
Cook, the son of a shipyard worker. Growing up in a small town in Robertsl, Alabama, USA. He studied industrial engineering at university and obtained a master's degree in business administration. He graduated and entered IBM and worked for 12 years. When Jobs interviewed him, he worked for Compaq Computer. He is a very logical engineer. It was a wise career choice for him to work at Compaq at the time. But when Cook met Jobs, he was deeply attracted by Jobs' temperament. For this interview, Cook later said: "Starting the 5-minute interview, I put aside my logic and caution and decided to join , Apple, . My sixth sense told me that joining Apple will be the only opportunity in my life to work for a creative enterprise." So he joined Apple without hesitation. He also said: "Engineers usually make decisions based on analysis, but there must be several times. They have to rely on their own inner or sixth sense to make decisions. In fact, sometimes logic is inseparable from following the inner or sixth sense."
