Apple CEO Tim Cook once said that what Steve Jobs stood for, in a word, was “innovation.” In a CBS News In an interview yesterday, Cook was asked – in his final weeks at the helm of the company – what his legacy represented, and this was his response:
“In my opinion, your legacy is described by others, not by yourself. So I hope that people will say that I was a good and honest man. And if they say that at the end of the day, I will feel like I accomplished something.”
The interview took place within the framework of CBS News‘ coverage of Apple’s opening of its Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Houston, Texas. You can watch it in full here.
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