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Timothy Cook

Executive Chairman, Apple

Search every verified Timothy Cook interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Tim Cook, Apple's executive chairman, spoke with China Daily in October 2026 about the iPhone Duo, stating that the device is manufactured exclusively in China and that China's foldable market is "second to none." He credited Chinese developers' enthusiasm and China's manufacturing capabilities as key to the product's success, and described the experience of unfolding the device as a "jaw-dropping delightful experience." Cook also noted that Apple has been working with developers through the Shanghai Developer Center to optimize apps for the device's various orientations. In October 2026, Cook participated in an event with the King's Trust, where he praised the organization's 50-year history of identifying and raising up people's potential. He said it was a privilege for Apple to be engaged with the Trust's Creator Studios program and encouraged young participants, telling them they have "the power to change the world" with their art and music. An archived 2011 video also shows Cook at his first product launch as CEO, introducing the iPhone 4S and highlighting the integration of iOS 5, iCloud, and Siri.

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“We feel good about where we are, and we feel that we can be the ripple in the pond. Stitching together the semiconductor supply chain will not only help Apple, it will help other companies do more in the United States. Bringing rare earth magnets into the United States will also help other companies as well.”

“Unfortunately, the Digital Markets Act is very difficult to navigate. There are several innovations that we will bring to the EU, I hope over time, but need to be delivered in a different manner than they're delivered in other parts of the world. This is an unfortunate side effect of a very rigid regulation.”

“It's part of what's behind the thinking behind the manufacturing academy that we put in Detroit, because we want to train small and medium businesses to be in the manufacturing business in America.”

“We do business with 79 factories across the United States today. Each of these has a story behind it, a story of a community, multi-generational workers, and earning enough to earn a good living, not just having a job.”

“There's 19 billion chips made in America already and we're scaling that further. We have relationships with many of the people that you report on. We're also continuing to ramp with TSMC in Arizona. This is a very key project.”

“We have a very good relationship with the administration. It's very positive. And to their credit, they are focused on regulation and trying to decrease the amount of regulation that it requires to build a new factory, to build a new data center, etc.”

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