Apple CEO Tim Cook Named Board Chairman of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management

[NMBob]

I wonder if this will "deeply concern" U.S. lawmakers like last week?

 

[Lucky736]

Can he resign from Apple now?
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I wonder if the students of Tsinghua University ever protest their government will Tim side with China?

Depends how young they are, he'll probably side with them.

 

[bsamcash]

Apple CEO Tim Cook is now the chairman of the advisory board of the Tsinghua University

Don’t know much about the school, but I love the beer.

 

[aesc80]

I take it Lebron James will be the Athletic Director there too.

 

[JPack]

Makes sense.

If you want access to the largest economy (PPP) and smartphone market in the world, you gotta do homework.

 

[autrefois]

aaaaaaand this is definitely absolutely not going to look good in the slightest bit.

wow this is awful timing. this is going to tank CEO approval rating

The thing is that Cook doesn’t have to care anymore. He is obscenely rich and will always be no matter what he does. Any drop in popularity will likely be momentary.

Even in the unlikely event it’s not and Apple decides he’s too much of a liability to the Apple name to keep him around, he will get plenty of money on the way out, still be rich beyond any reasonable measure, and can still find work elsewhere to get even richer. So there’s essentially nothing to stop him from this move no matter how bad it looks and/or is coming right after the HKMap Live app was pulled.

 

[jpn]

1 Chairman of the Advisory Board:
although we hope the position of Chairman of this advisory board is more of an honorary position, i envision Tim sitting at his desk within the Spaceship working on Tsinghua's issues.
this is distressing.

2 but, as Chairman, when the time comes that Tsinghua is discovered to be involved with Uyghur imprisonment, i am sure he will do the right thing.
The Eduction of Tim Cook is a book that will be written. very soon.

 

[vegetassj4]

It's all about the bucks kid, the rest is conversation.

 

[LordVic]

Can he resign from Apple now?
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Depends how young they are, he'll probably side with them.

Apple and the board only cares about one thing right now.

Stock price and margins.

As long as what Timmy does increases both, his politics and his hypocritical behaviour is irrelevant.

AVARICE. MONEY ABOVE ALL ELSE. Screw human rights. Screw peoples freedom. access to 1 billiion potential customers is worth throwing all his morality out the window for.

 

[kemal]

Obviously, Timmy uses his Apple Watch for timing. Mickey Mouse watch face.

 

[lunarworks]

I like Tim Cook, aside from prices being higher than they should he's doing a good job, but that's definitely not a good look. Seems like a major conflict of interest could be lurking there.

 

[480951]

This looks really bad for Tim and Apple. Personally, I no longer believe any of their stances anymore beyond marketing to make them more money. I was incredibly naive to think they might actually be one of the few different companies that actually cared about things beyond profit. It’s all lip service, just like everyone else. I still enjoy their products but don’t look at them the same anymore since this whole China fiasco.

 

[synergize]

Hey Timmy: If you like it so much in China why don't you just stay there. This way you can be close to your manufacturing and bank accounts.

 

[Glockworkorange]

Courage.

 

[xxray]

This is really bad news. The only positive thing I can see about it is if Tim is somehow able to instill American values there, but I really don’t like this.

 

[smartbot]

Tim Cook next Chief Executive of Hong Kong!

 

[Noctilux.95]

Tim's a good money man, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[NachoGrande]

Tim sold his soul...

 

[kyleh22]

What a creative way for China to buy large corporations...

 

[mdriftmeyer]

How does he have time to the Chairman of the Board of this institution? Then again, I suppose it's not like he's paying attention to the products being developed at Apple, so he probably has copious amounts of time.

Chairman of a School of Economics and Management is akin to having a few luncheons a year.

 

[steve333]

Why do those CEOs care about a Chinese University? Yeah, not a good look traitors

 

[mikethemartian]

It's all about the bucks kid, the rest is conversation.

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At least Gordon Gekko was honest about being greedy.

 

[WestonHarvey1]

All hail Chairman Cook!

 

[mike...]

Tim Apple China

 

[PickUrPoison]

Advisory board. Does anyone who’s distressed, concerned, outraged, etc know what that position entails? Hint: the advisory board meets once per year. But it’s definitely a great networking opportunity.

Cook’s been a member since 2013. Chairman is a three year term, so you won’t have to be concerned for too long, only three meetings. Maybe Elon Musk will be the next chairman and you’ll direct your outrage and conspiracy theories at him

If not Elon, maybe one of the other advisory board members:

The Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (2018-2019)


Honorary Chairman
ZHU Rongji
Founding Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University (1984-2001)
Premier, State Council, People’s Republic of China (1998-2003)

Honorary Members
Lord Browne of Madingley
Executive Chairman, L1 Energy
Chairman, Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd.
Former Group Chief Executive, BP PLC

Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Chairman, Paulson Institute
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Former Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

H. Lee Scott, Jr.
Member, Senior Advisory Council Board for BDT and Company
Former President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WANG Qishan
Vice-President, People’s Republic of China

Chairman
Jim Breyer
Founder and CEO, Breyer Capital

Vice Chairmen
QIU Yong
President, Tsinghua University

QIAN Yingyi
Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
The Fourth Dean (2006-2018), School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

Members
Mary T. Barra
Chairman and CEO, General Motors Company

Lloyd C. Blankfein
Chairman of the Board, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Carlos Brito
CEO, Anheuser-Busch InBev

CHANG Zhenming
Chairman, CITIC Group

CHEN Jining
Mayor, Beijing Municipal Government
Former Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection, People’s Republic of China
Former President, Tsinghua University

CHEN Yuan
Vice Chairperson, The 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
Former Chairman, China Development Bank

Tim Cook
CEO, Apple

Michael L. Corbat
CEO, Citigroup Inc.

Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies

Jamie Dimon
Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Robert Dudley
Group Chief Executive, BP PLC

Denis Duverne
Chairman of the Board, AXA Group

Laurence D. Fink
Chairman and CEO, BlackRock, Inc.

William E. Ford
CEO, General Atlantic

Victor K. Fung
Group Chairman, Fung Group
Honorary Chairman, Li & Fung Limited

Christopher B. Galvin
Former Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Harrison Street Capital LLC
Former Chairman and CEO, Motorola Inc.

Geoffrey Garrett
Dean, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Carlos Ghosn
Chairman and CEO, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi

Terry Gou
Founder and CEO, Foxconn Technology Group

Mario Greco
CEO, Zurich Insurance Group

Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman and CEO, Starr Companies

GU Binglin
Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University
Former President, Tsinghua University

GUO Shuqing
Secretary of Party Committee and Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China
Chairman and Secretary of Party Committee, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission
Former Governor, Shandong Province

HO Ching
CEO, Temasek Holdings Private Limited

Nobuyuki Idei
Founder and CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation
Former Chairman and Group CEO, Sony Corporation

Muhtar Kent
Chairman, The Coca-Cola Company

Henry R. Kravis
Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, KKR

Harald Krüger
Chairman of the Board of Management, BMW AG

Ramon Laguarta
CEO, PepsiCo

Jonathan D. Levin
Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Richard C. Levin
Senior Adviser and Former CEO, Coursera
President Emeritus, Yale University

Richard Li
Chairman and Chief Executive, Pacific Century Group

Robin Li
Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Baidu, Inc.

LI Rongrong
Former Chairman, State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council

LIU He
Member, Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee
Vice-Premier, State Council, People’s Republic of China
Head, General Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs

LIU Mingkang
Former Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission

LIU Shiyu
Chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
Secretary, The CPC Committee of CSRC

LOU Jiwei
Standing Committee Member and Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, The 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
Chairman, National Council for Social Security Fund
Former Minister, Ministry of Finance, People’s Republic of China

Andrónico Luksic
Chairman, Luksic Group

Jack Ma
Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group

MA Kai
Member, Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee
Vice-Premier, State Council, People’s Republic of China (2013-2018)

Pony Ma
Core Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Tencent

Eric S. Maskin
Adams University Professor, Harvard University
2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics

Doug McMillon
President and CEO, Walmart Inc.

Mike McNamara
CEO, Flex

Elon Musk
CEO, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
CEO, Tesla, Inc.

Satya Nadella
CEO, Microsoft

Nitin Nohria
George F. Baker Professor of Administration
Dean, Harvard Business School

Brian L. Roberts
Chairman and CEO, Comcast Corporation

Ginni Rometty
Chairman, President and CEO, IBM

David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group

David C. Schmittlein
John C Head III Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Blackstone

Risto Siilasmaa
Chairman, Nokia Corporation
Chairman and Founder, F-Secure Corporation

Kevin Sneader
Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Masayoshi Son
Chairman and CEO, SoftBank Group Corp.

A. Michael Spence
Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University
2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics

Ratan N. Tata
Chairman, Tata Trusts
Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, Tata Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals

John L. Thornton
Executive Chairman, Barrick Gold Corporation
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Brookings Institution

Ben van Beurden
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell plc

Jacob Wallenberg
Chairman of the Board, Investor AB

WANG Dazhong
Former President, Tsinghua University

Marjorie Yang
Chairman, Esquel Group

YI Gang
Governor, People’s Bank of China

ZHAO Chunjun
The Second Dean (2001-2005), School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

ZHOU Xiaochuan
Vice Chairperson, The 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
Former Governor, People’s Bank of China

Mark Zuckerberg
Founder and CEO, Facebook