Tim Cook
Apple Computer's chief operating officer, Timothy Cook, will serve on the board of directors of sportswear giant Nike. Cook, a top executive at Apple since 1998, will join as the Nike board's 11th member and sit on its compensation committee, Beaverton, Ore.-based Nike said Friday.
Cook, who heads Apple's Macintosh division, holds a master's degree in business administration from Duke University and has had earlier stints at Compaq and IBM.