His 10 biggest wins and misses — Tim Cook’s Apple

Expectations for Tim Cook were almost impossibly high when he stepped in to replace Apple's visionary co-founder in 2011. He inherited a company on a blockbuster run, after Steve Jobs returned and revitalized the Mac, launched the iPod, …

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