And Mr. Cook is paid handsomely: On Thursday, as a result of the company’s financial outperformance compared with its peers, Mr. Cook was given nearly $90 million of stock as part of his previously agreed upon compensation plan. When Mr. Cook announced, for example, the new data facility in Waukee, he said it would run fully on renewable energy. “You want it to increase the diversity of people that are in there, both racial diversity, gender diversity, but also geographic diversity,” Mr. Cook said. Students who take the classes learn the Swift language, which is used to make apps on Apple’s iPhone and iPad. “I have a full-time job,” Mr. Cook said.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2017 23:29 UTC