November 18, 2005 7:50 AM PST

Apple COO joins Nike board


Tim Cook

Apple Computer's chief operating officer, Timothy Cook, will serve on the board of directors of sportswear giant Nike. Cook, a top executive at Apple since 1998, will join as the Nike board's 11th member and sit on its compensation committee, Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike said Friday.

Cook, who heads Apple's Macintosh division, holds a master's degree in business administration from Duke University and has had earlier stints at Compaq and IBM.

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What is Steve Jobs thinking?
Seems Apple's COO doesn't have enough to do with his day job.
What is Steve Jobs thinking? How does this directorship help
Apple?
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