Apple's textbook CEO transition was planned years in advance

“Cook is said to have expressed interest in doing more locally through smart manufacturing and additional sales channels.”

“"First of all, John and I have an incredible level of trust in each other," said Cook. "The relationship must be based on trust, and the communication must be frequent and significant.”

“"But other than that, what I'm focused on right now is worldwide policy. And the interface with governments around the world matters because there are lots of things where we're trying to…”

““In the coming years, it will directly influence the remuneration of senior leaders, including the Board of Management,” Fouquet wrote.”

“I think we should all be worried about sending intentionally or inadvertently or otherwise, signals that send the most talented next wave of AI software engineers to other countries rather…”

“"...instead of working on a root cause and a root fix and a real solution to the problem, all they did was point fingers and blame people, we'd exit them very quickly. Those people…”