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Steve Jobs was never cozy with Washington. There's no evidence that he ever interacted with anyone in Washington. Apple didn't even have any lobbyists until Tim
by rdouble 13y ago
Steve Jobs was never cozy with Washington. There's no evidence that he ever interacted with anyone in Washington. Apple didn't even have any lobbyists until Tim Cook became CEO.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-21/apple-chief-talks-taxes-in-pushback-to-heat-in-washington.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-21/apple-chief-talks-t...
- amirmc 13y ago"Apple didn't even have any lobbyists until Tim Cook became CEO." I don't think that's true. From personal anecdote, I've met one of Google's European lobbyists and during the conversation he spoke about how his counterparts in Apple worked. If they had people in Europe, I'm sure they had them in the US. Perhaps they don't spend much on lobbying but it seems almost foolish not to have people on the ground when you're as big a company as Apple. If only to keep an ear to the ground regarding political winds (who wants to be blindsided by regulatory changes?). Edit: This doesn't mean they were 'cozy' with anyone, I'm just pointing that they likely existed.
- rdouble 13y agoI interpreted the article to mean that the lobbyist Cook hired was the first one, but I guess it doesn't really say that. It does say that Apple maintained a very low profile in Washington until recently, and still spends about 1/4 what Facebook does in lobbying.