Apple CEO Tim Cook said that women are important in the rise of the tech industry.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the grand opening event of the new Apple store at The Grove on November 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The original Apple store in The Grove was opened in 2002 but was redesigned in a new location with twice the space and opened today in time for the holiday shopping season.
In a recent interview, the billionaire explained that female employees are insufficient.
He added that there's no good excuse for women not to be in the technology sector.
"I think the essence of technology and its effect on humanity depends upon women being at the table," said Cook via BBC News.
The billionaire further explained that if people want to have great technological solutions, then having diverse views in the tech industry is a must.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Says Tech Industry Lacks Women
Via 9To5Mac's latest report, Cook explained that if there's no diverse workforce, then the tech sector won't be able to achieve the things it has today.
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Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, visits an Apple store where third grade children from PS 57 James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy are learning how to code through Apple's "Hour of Code" workshop program on December 9, 2015 in New York City. Cook said he hoped that teaching coding to children would become standard in education throughout the United States.
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This just shows that the billionaire really values women working in the technology industry. Because of this, Tim wanted to diversify Apple's workforce.
In 2021, 35% of the iPhone maker's employees were comprised of females. As of writing, the tech giant manufacturer already has five female executives among its 22 leadership roles.
Cook decided to launch the new all-female Foundations program in the United Kingdom to show their appreciation of women's efforts in the tech sector.
Great to meet with our class of all-female founders at our first Foundations program in the UK. These developers are on their way to making and achieving extraordinary things. pic.twitter.com/nkXZ9TOLzv
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) September 27, 2022
He confirmed this latest initiative on Sept. 26, via his official Twitter account.
Cook Meets Female App Founders
When the new Apple Foundations program was launched, Cook met some female app founders. Three of these tech developers decided to join the initiative.
- Alexia de Broglie (created the personal finance education app "Your Juno")
- Ariana Alexander-Sefre (runs the wellness app called "Spoke")
If you want to learn more about the things Cook and these women discussed, you can visit this link.
Recently, Tim Cook pledged to support local humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Apple CEO challenged innovators to change the world using technology.
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