“Jerry joined Apple’s Board in 1997 when most doubted the company’s future. He has been a pillar of financial and business expertise and insight on our Board for over a dozen years,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It’s been a privilege to know and work with Jerry, and I’m going to miss him a lot.”
It’s rare that Apple ever looks back, especially to the late 1990s, when the company was in pretty bad shape. Most people — including me — hadn’t really ever heard much about York or his contributions to the company, but it would seem he was instrumental in bringing Apple back from the brink.
I didn’t know he was from Memphis. That’s pretty cool, too.
