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Tim Cook, Apple CEO [사진=AP 연합뉴스]
Apple has announced that it will run a major anti-racism initiative against racism. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive officer (CEO), said in an exclusive interview with CBS in the United States on the 13th (local time). It is an interview that drew attention by saying that the ‘big Apple announcement’ was scheduled.
Apple announced today that it is launching a $ 100 million anti-racism initiative. The Propel Center, a center to prevent racial discrimination, will be established to provide education, internships and mentoring to minorities. Historically, students focus on top black universities.
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Apple will start an entrepreneurial camp next month for black founders and developers. Invests $ 25 million in a fund that focuses on supporting SMEs owned by people of color. “We will work together to empower those who have been hit by racism for so long,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.
CEO Cook This interview drew anticipatory attention both inside and outside the national stock market. This is the first time that Cook has been in an official interview since day 8, in which it is known that he is discussing cooperation with Hyundai Motor Company. For this reason, some are forecasting there will be commentary on Apple’s own electric vehicle business or its partners.
It was predicted that the medium to long-term strategy contents related to Apple’s mobile business could come out, as the date of the interview with CEO Cook was the day before Samsung Electronics introduced the S21 flagship line consisting of Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 + and Galaxy S21 Ultra. .
‘CBS This Morning’ host Gale King, who met with CEO Cook, emphasized: “It is not related to new products, but there will be a big announcement” and “an important and very interesting story.”
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