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# 5,090 days
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/5-090-days/
- Published: 2025-07-31T21:21:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-31T21:21:41.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links

Nick Heer: [The Tim Cook Era Is Fully Cemented](https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cook-era/?ref=birchtree.me)

> On 16 September 1997, Steve Jobs [became interim CEO](https://www.wired.com/2010/09/0916jobs-out-in-apple/?ref=birchtree.me) of Apple. [5,090 days later](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=number+of+days+between+16+september+1997+and+24+august+2011&ref=birchtree.me), he [handed the reins](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2011/08/24Steve-Jobs-Resigns-as-CEO-of-Apple/?ref=birchtree.me) to Tim Cook, weeks before he died.  
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> 5,090 days after 24 August 2011 [is today](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=5090+days+after+24+august+2011&ref=birchtree.me). The Cook era is now as long as the Jobs renaissance era.

Time's a funny thing, and it's wild to me to think that Tim Cook has been CEO for exactly as long as Steve Jobs was after his return.

Oh no, is that the accelerating passage of time as you get older? Shit.