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  "markdown": "Executive Chair, Apple.\n\nTim Cook is executive chair of Apple's board, where he has been a director since 2011. He joined Apple in 1998, ran its worldwide sales and operations as chief operating officer, and was chief executive from August 2011 to 2026. Apple says its Services business grew past $100 billion a year during his time as chief executive.\n\n## What Tim builds\n\n- [Apple Ads Platform API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apple-ads.md), graded D, 53.9/100, in Advertising \u0026 campaign operations. Apple's Ads Platform API creates and manages App Store and Apple Maps campaigns, ad groups, keywords, ads, creatives and budgets, and returns performance reports. Agents call REST endpoints at api.ads.apple.com/v1 with an OAuth 2 client credentials token. Executive Chair, Apple, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Eddy Cue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eddy-cue/), Senior Vice President, Services and Health, Apple (oversees Apple Ads)\n- [John Ternus](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-ternus/), CEO, Apple\n- [Ronald Wayne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ronald-wayne/), Co-founder, Apple\n- [Steve Jobs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steve-jobs/), Co-founder, Apple\n- [Steve Wozniak](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steve-wozniak/), Co-founder, Apple\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Tim Cook?\n\nTim Cook is executive chair of Apple's board, where he has been a director since 2011. He joined Apple in 1998, ran its worldwide sales and operations as chief operating officer, and was chief executive from August 2011 to 2026. Apple says its Services business grew past $100 billion a year during his time as chief executive.\n\n### What does Apple make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Apple Ads Platform API from Apple. Apple's Ads Platform API creates and manages App Store and Apple Maps campaigns, ad groups, keywords, ads, creatives and budgets, and returns performance reports. Agents call REST endpoints at api.ads.apple.com/v1 with an OAuth 2 client credentials token.\n\n### How are Tim's tools graded?\n\nApple Ads Platform API is graded D, 53.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://ads.apple.com/\n- https://ads.apple.com/app-store/help\n- https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-ads-platform-api\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apple/apple-ads-platform-api-python/main/README.md\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wayne\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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