Apple CEO Tim Cook to Speak at Duke Commencement

Duke University alumnus Tim Cook, who earned his MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 1988, has been named as the 2018 commencement speaker.  Please see the full story in Duke Today.  University Scholar Kavya Sekar, who is completing her Masters in Public Policy at the Sanford School of Business, was quoted in the Herald-Sun’s story on Cook’s selection for speaker:  “Tim Cook is a great choice,” said Kavya Sekar, a Master of Public Policy candidate at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy. “He’s a great role model for us all — the CEO of one of the most successful tech companies, the first openly gay Fortune 500 leader and a trustee of Duke. I trust that he can teach us to take risks and be true to ourselves.”