CNN, on the man filling Steve Jobs’ shoes for now:
Cook’s stamina is the stuff of legend at Apple. He often begins e-mailing the executives who work for him at 4:30 a.m.; worldwide conference calls can take place at any time of day. For years, Cook held a standing Sunday night staff meeting by telephone in order to prepare for yet more meetings on Monday morning.
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As long as Jobs stays healthy, Cook won’t need to worry about personal visibility. He can just keep doing his thing, grinding away offstage. But if he does get tapped for the CEO job someday, Apple may not suffer from acute Stevelessness as much as the world seems to think.
Cook also took over when Jobs was out in 2004 for surgery. Apple will be fine without Steve at the helm. Cook and the team of executives at Apple are far stronger than the group running the company in the 1990s, when it took Steve Jobs to save Apple from collapse.