Don't make any assumptions, I don't know anything about Tim Cook, I'm not an Apple fanboy and honestly, I couldn't care much less about the guy. However, I know CEOs of companies and they're just people. I know that's hard to believe, but really, they are flesh and blood. They care about many of the same things we do, and have insecurities, just like we do. Diminishing someone because of the job they have as less than human, which is WHAT YOU DID, is stupid. What is "the common man?" Is a poor college kid? Is an assembly plant worker, is a door to door salesman? Is a well paid business man? Which one is allowed to be the "real people of the world," in your estimation? There's no apologia from me, but no condemnation either. I don't know the guy, neither do you.