Apple CEO Tim Cook in an exclusive conversation with Business Today’s Aayush Ailawadi spoke on the tech giant’s first retail store in India, expansion plans in India and much more after the inauguration of the Apple BKC store in Mumbai
Apple CEO Tim Cook inaugurated the Apple BKC store in Mumbai on April 18 and the Apple Saket store in Delhi today (April 20)
Tim Cook told Business Today that India is at a tipping point. He added, “It feels so great to be here. You can just feel the vibrancy, the dynamism, the feeling that anything here is possible. It’s so great to be a part of it.”
Business Today’s Aayush Ailawadi got Apple CEO Tim Cook to answer fun questions in a rapid fire session
Pictures of Tim Cook and Madhuri Dixit eating vada pavs had gone viral. Aayush Ailawadi asked the Apple CEO which street snack between Mumbai’s vada pav and New York’s hot dog did he prefer. Cook chose vada pav while saying, “I’m for India all the way.”
When Aayush asked Tim Cook about the one Apple device that he cannot leave home without, Cook said, "That is like asking you about your favourite child or favourite parent.”
Tim Cook further said, “When I travel I carry my iPhone in my pocket, I have the Apple watch on my wrist, my iPad, and Macbook in my bag. I love them all."
When asked to choose between Bollywood or Hollywood, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Business Today’s Aayush Ailawadi, “I love both. Last night I met a lot of Bollywood people so I'm gonna say Bollywood.”