Let me start by saying that I don't dislike Tim Cook, but to me he's just another rich guy running a company, not a tech visionary [1]. I certainly don't offer

Let me start by saying that I don't dislike Tim Cook, but to me he's just another rich guy running a company, not a tech visionary [1]. I certainly don't offer anything more than the average HNer but the difference is that I don't auction off coffee dates with myself. To answer your question, no, I don't really think that Tim Cook has insights about tech and where it's going. He's a competent businessman, but he doesn't offer $610,000 worth of insight unless you're pitching a business deal. He is a businessman who works in the tech industry. He doesn't do tech, he does management. He has an M.B.A. He does hiring and firing [2]. He isn't ambitiously driving Apple in new directions, he has his hands full holding onto what Steve created. He isn't responsible for creating any revolutionary products. The only thing I would think he could speak with knowledge on is Apple's product launch plans for the next few years. Beyond that, he has no idea where tech is going more than the average HNer. [1] I would regard Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as tech visionaries because of the companies they created. I would regard Tim Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds and Dennis Ritchie as visionaries because they created 'backbone' technologies that we still rely on today. [2] Firing Scott Forstall is the most significant event of Cook's tenure as CEO.