5 Men Who Will Decide Apple's Future

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 10 October 2011, 21:45 IST
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5. Eddy Cue
Eddy Cue
Eddy Cue is the media man at Apple. Eddy Cue is Apple's senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services. Eddy oversees Apple's industry-leading content stores including the iTunes Store, the revolutionary App Store and the iBookstore, as well as iAd and Apple's innovative iCloud services. Cue, who had been Vice President of the Cupertino, California-based company's Internet services business, was promoted to Senior Vice President by Tim Cook. He is a 22-year Apple veteran and played a major role in creating the Apple online store in 1998, the iTunes Music Store in 2003 and the App Store in 2008. He also played a key role in developing Apple's award-winning iLife suite of applications. In his early years at Apple, he was a successful manager of software engineering and customer support teams.