Apple’s CEO has announced he is a gay.
Tim Cook disclosed this on Thursday in an essay he wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek.
“I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me,” Tim Cook wrote.
The highly private Cook has never publicly acknowledged his sexuality, though it was widely rumored outside the company, and he writes that colleagues at Apple already knew.
“I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others,” Cook wrote. “So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.”
Tim took over the reins at tech giants Apple following the demise of Steve Jobs