Cook’s sexuality has been a point of speculation for quite some time. Gawker reported that Cook was gay back in 2011 before he succeeded Steve Jobs. Since then, Cook himself has seemingly dropped hints about his sexuality. Last year, during a speech about human rights at Auburn University Cook discussed the discrimination he faced as a young person, according to ValleyWag. “Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority,” he said. However, since the 53-year-old had not publicly come out, the question still remained. In May, the New York Times ran a story titled “Where Are The Gay Chief Executives?” and had to subsequently clarify their definition of “openly gay.” CNBC’s Simon Hobbs made headlines for mistakenly saying Cook was “fairly open” about being gay during a live segment back in June.
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