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Apple CEO Tim Cook was entrepreneurial from an early age, using money he earned from delivering papers to put aside for his college education.
As the head of a major tech company, Tim Cook has a lot of experience making business decisions and handling money. In an interview about his upbringing, he said he helped further his education by getting a job at a very young age.
In a video interview with WSJ Magazine, Cook said, “Throwing down papers helped me get started in college.” He became the first person in his family to ever attend college, thanks to that job.
“Everyone in my family had to work,” he recalls. “I’d get up around 3 a.m., pick up a stack of papers, and start throwing papers. And I’d usually come back and take a nap before school.”
How much Cook made from that job hasn’t been disclosed, but it wasn’t his only one. CNBC reports that he also worked part-time at a pharmacy, earning more before attending Auburn University.
At the time, Auburn’s tuition was $660 a year for in-state students. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $2,670, well below the $12,900 a year Auburn currently charges.
After graduating from college in 1982, he spent 12 years at IBM, becoming director of North American fulfillment. As a vice president at Compaq, he met Steve Jobs and eventually joined Apple in 1998.
“I knew that the opportunity [to go to college] was a privilege I didn’t want to pass up,” Cook adds. “Everyone thought that college in those days, and hopefully today, opens a lot of doors.”
Today, Tim Cook’s Apple continues to provide educational opportunities for younger generations to help them grow. Along with the Apple Education Store, it offers resources and grants to teachers and runs a variety of programs that help students in a number of different areas.
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