Al Gore on Tim Cook for TIME's '100 Most Influential' list
April 18, 2012: 10:20 AM ETApple's CEO shares the spotlight with Marc Andreessen, Sheryl Sandberg and Anonymous
Luke Wilson for TIME
Al Gore has nothing but kind words for Steve Jobs' successor. His 200-word write-up begins:
"It is difficult to imagine a harder challenge than following the legendary Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple. Yet Tim Cook, a soft-spoken, genuinely humble and quietly intense son of an Alabama shipyard worker and a homemaker, hasn't missed a single beat."
The magazine identifies Gore as a former U.S. Vice President. It doesn't mention that he sits on Apple's (AAPL) board.
