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Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals his surprising first job

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Tim Cook was born in 1960 to Geraldine and Don Cook in Mobile , Alabama .

The Apple CEO says he started working when he was just 11 years old .

He got his first job delivering papers and flipping burgers for a local fast-food chain.

Mr Cook says his upbringing in rural Robertsdale , Alabama , taught him the value of hard work.

Apple announced it will acquire NeXT software in a $400 million deal that involves Jobs returning to Apple as interim CEO.

The first iPod MP3 music player was released on October 23, 2001 , at an event in Cupertino .

Jobs resigned in 2011 due to illness, handing the CEO title to Tim Cook .

Jobs died in October from pancreatic cancer.

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