UPDATE: Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook Puts One-on-One Meeting Up for Bid
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(Updated - April 24, 2013 3:33 PM EDT)
Want to have coffee with Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, fresh off a wild Q2 earnings report?
Have a spare $50,000?
As pointed out by CNET on Wednesday, Cook is auctioning off his time to benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Some legal terms from CharityBuzz that are interesting: "Valid for 2 people. Experience will be 30min - 1 hour. Cannot be resold or re-auctioned. Expires 1 year from the close of auction. To be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon date. Travel and accommodations are not included. Winning bidder and guest(s) subject to security screening..."
Makes you wonder what you would ask Cook. Questions that might make the meeting a quick 30 minutes: "Can I be a tester for the new iPhone?" "What's your favorite color?" "If you weren't CEO of Apple, what would you be doing?"
Questions that might move the meeting to an hour: "Can you share some leadership tips you've picked up while CEO at Apple?" "How do you go about getting the absolute best from your people at all times?"
Though CNET said that stakes were at $10,500 as of 2:30pm EDT, the minimum bid is at about $14,300. Value is said to be somewhere around $50,000, according to reports.
There are 20 days left to bid.
UPDATE - since this was posted at 2:54pm EDT, the bidding has gone up to $31,000. Again, the estimated value is $50,000, but with three weeks left, that is likely to be surpassed multiple times over.
Shares of Apple are up over 1 percent Wednesday.
Want to have coffee with Apple, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, fresh off a wild Q2 earnings report?
Have a spare $50,000?
As pointed out by CNET on Wednesday, Cook is auctioning off his time to benefit the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Some legal terms from CharityBuzz that are interesting: "Valid for 2 people. Experience will be 30min - 1 hour. Cannot be resold or re-auctioned. Expires 1 year from the close of auction. To be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon date. Travel and accommodations are not included. Winning bidder and guest(s) subject to security screening..."
Makes you wonder what you would ask Cook. Questions that might make the meeting a quick 30 minutes: "Can I be a tester for the new iPhone?" "What's your favorite color?" "If you weren't CEO of Apple, what would you be doing?"
Questions that might move the meeting to an hour: "Can you share some leadership tips you've picked up while CEO at Apple?" "How do you go about getting the absolute best from your people at all times?"
Though CNET said that stakes were at $10,500 as of 2:30pm EDT, the minimum bid is at about $14,300. Value is said to be somewhere around $50,000, according to reports.
There are 20 days left to bid.
UPDATE - since this was posted at 2:54pm EDT, the bidding has gone up to $31,000. Again, the estimated value is $50,000, but with three weeks left, that is likely to be surpassed multiple times over.
Shares of Apple are up over 1 percent Wednesday.
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