# ‘He is a once-in-a-thousand-years kind of person’: Tim Cook explains how the Steve Jobs reality distortion field convinced him to join Apple

> Here's a surprising fact: CEO Tim Cook has now been with Apple longer than its iconic co-founder and former CEO, the late Steve Jobs, which means it's now conceivable that the person with the greatest influence on what…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/he-is-a-once-in-a-thousand-years-kind-of-person-tim-cook-explains-how-the-steve-jobs-reality-distortion-field-convinced-him-to-join-apple?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=69af3ce6dce506a87954fd1e)
- **Published:** 2026-03-09
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #apple #cook #person #jobs #kind #once #steve #convinced
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