Tim Cook issues email to troops commemorating fourth anniversary of Steve Jobs’s death

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Steve Jobs succumbed to cancer and diedĀ of respiratory arrest on this day four years ago. To commemorate the fourth anniversary of his tragicĀ passing, current CEO Tim Cook, whom Jobs suggested as his successor to the Board of Directors, issued a company-wide email to employees.

The message, a copy of which was obtained by The Telegraph, praises Jobs as a visionary leader, a mentor and ā€œa dear friend.ā€

The internal message wraps up by suggesting thatĀ employees honor Steve by ā€œcontinuing the work he started, and for remembering both who he was and what he stood for.ā€

Cook also remembered Steve on Twitter.

Here’s Cook’s email in its entirety:

Team,

Today marks four years since Steve passed away. On that day, the world lost a visionary. We at Apple lost a leader, a mentor, and many of us lost a dear friend.

Steve was a brilliant person, and his priorities were very simple. He loved his family above all, he loved Apple, and he loved the people with whom he worked so closely and achieved so much.

Each year since his passing, I have reminded everyone in the Apple community that we share the privilege and responsibility of continuing the work Steve loved so much.

What is his legacy? I see it all around us: An incredible team that embodies his spirit of innovation and creativity. The greatest products on earth, beloved by customers and empowering hundreds of millions of people around the world. Soaring achievements in technology and architecture. Experiences of surprise and delight. A company that only he could have built. A company with an intense determination to change the world for the better.

And, of course, the joy he brought his loved ones.

He told me several times in his final years that he hoped to live long enough to see some of the milestones in his childrenā€™s lives. I was in his office over the summer with Laurene and their youngest daughter. Messages and drawings from his kids to their father are still there on Steveā€™s whiteboard.

If you never knew Steve, you probably work with someone who did or who was here when he led Apple. Please stop one of us today and ask what he was really like. Several of us have posted our personal remembrances on AppleWeb, and I encourage you to read them.
Thank you for honoring Steve by continuing the work he started, and for remembering both who he was and what he stood for.

Tim

Jobs passed just 24 hours following Apple’s iPhone 4s and Siri unveiling on October 4, 2011. Do you remember where you were when you found out about Jobs’s death?

Source: The Telegraph