Eddy Cue

Eddy Cue (born Eduardo H. Cue; October 23, 1964[6][4]) is Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Cue oversees Apple's numerous content stores including the iTunes Store, the iBooks Store, and Apple Music, as well as Apple Pay, Siri (until 2017), Maps, iAd, iCloud services, and Apple's productivity and creativity apps.[7] Cue testified in the antitrust case against Apple for conspiring on eBook pricing.[8]

Eddy Cue
Cue at SXSW in 2018
Born (1964-10-23) October 23, 1964
Miami, Florida[1]
Alma materDuke University
OccupationSenior Vice President
Internet software and services
EmployerApple Inc.
Net worth$200,473,100[2]
Board member ofFerrari N.V.,[3] FanSnap [4]
Spouse(s)Paula
ChildrenAdam, Spencer [5]
Websitewww.apple.com/pr/bios/eddy-cue.html

Business career

Early career (1990s)

Cue joined Apple in 1989, and was instrumental in creating the Apple online store in 1998, the iTunes Store in 2003 and the App Store in 2008. In his early years at Apple, he was a manager of software engineering and customer support teams. In 1999, he convinced Apple to work with Akamai Technologies Inc. on new streaming functions for its QuickTime video software. He also played a key role in developing Apple's iLife suite of applications, namely iBooks, the iAd advertising service, and Apple's App Store of more than 700,000 applications.[9] Cue is widely known at Apple for turning around its failed products, such as the MobileMe data syncing service as well as iCloud in 2011, which now has more than a quarter billion users. Likewise, Cue is famous for advising Jobs to consider creating a smaller version of the iPad based on his own experience with the product.[10] While Jobs was originally against the idea, Tim Cook eventually agreed with the concept upon becoming CEO after Jobs' death.

Today (2011–present)

As senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Cue has addressed Apple's mobile maps, iCloud, and iMessage outages. Additionally, Cue took command of Apple's voice-activated assistant Siri. However, this service was delegated to Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering and subsequently to John Gianandrea Apple's new senior vice president of AI/ML.[11] Cue's responsibilities as leader of iTunes has included attending to the rise of streaming services, supported by Apple's competition with Spotify and recent acquisition of Shazam.[12] In response to the rise of video streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, and HBO, Cue has led Apple's new effort to create its own original content. In 2017, it was announced that Apple had set aside nearly $1 billion to produce original video content to compete with HBO, Amazon, and Netflix.[13] With a base salary of $1,000,000, $1,790,000 in bonuses and incentives, and $20,000,083 in stock, Cue earned over $22.8 million in total compensation during the 2016 fiscal year for his leadership and performance.[14]

Personal life

The son of a Cuban mother and a Spanish father, Cue resides with his wife Paula (met at Duke University[15]) in Los Altos, California, and tries hard to maintain a low profile.[16][9] Cue is an avid fan of rock music, with Bruce Springsteen as one of his favorite artists.[9] Cue was recognized by cancer research center City of Hope with their 2014 Spirit of Life Award, honoring an individual whose work has fundamentally impacted the music, film and entertainment industry.[17]

Duke University

Cue earned bachelor's degrees in computer science and economics at Duke University.[18][19][20] Cue is an avid Duke basketball fan, and both of his sons Adam and Spencer studied Computer Science at Duke University as well.[5] Cue's recent involvement with Duke has included encouraging undergraduate women to study computer science and electrical engineering as part of the Duke Technology (DTech) Scholar program launched in 2016.[21] Additionally, Cue joined Duke Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzysweski in founding PowerForward, a mobile video network which targets the B2B market offering subscriptions to video content and case studies aimed to help corporations foster leadership and build teams.[22]

NBA Finals

Cue is also a longtime Golden State Warriors fan. At Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals, Cue was involved in a controversy where he was seen gesturing to Rihanna to sit down as she was bowing to the opposing Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James on the courtside.[23] After the incident, Cue publicly denied feuding with Rihanna in a tweet the morning after: "Nothing but love for Rihanna (and KD, too!) As usual I was excited about our lead and actually talking to Marissa, 8 seats to my right."[24]

gollark: Because that is not half.
gollark: Which half? The `end` lines?
gollark: The other bundled programs and libraries and stuff are *mostly* not too relevant but in the `files` table in the source.
gollark: https://pastebin.com/Frv3xkB9YAFSS sandboxing library.
gollark: https://pastebin.com/wKdMTPwQPotatoBIOS

See also

References
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  8. Gustin, Sam. "Apple Found Guilty in E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy Trial". Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via business.time.com.
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  12. Lunden, Ingrid. "Sources: Apple is acquiring music recognition app Shazam". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  13. Mickle, Tripp (August 16, 2017). "Apple Readies $1 Billion War Chest for Hollywood Programming". Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via www.wsj.com.
  15. "The Tech Life, ft. Eddy Cue, Senior VP of Internet Software and Services, Apple, Inc".
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  18. Chan, Casey. "Who Is Eddy Cue? The Guy Who Fixes All of Apple's Problems". Gizmodo. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  19. "Apple's Cue Seeks Overhaul of Maps Amid Duel With Google". November 28, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via Bloomberg News.
  20. "Apple's Eddy Cue Joins Ferrari's Board of Directors". edmunds.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  21. "Duke Alumnus, Apple Innovator Eddy Cue Helps Promote DTech Program". duke.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  22. Bertoni, Steven. "Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski And Apple's Eddy Cue Launch Tech Start-up 'PowerForward'". forbes.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  23. "Rihanna fans are furious at Apple exec Eddy Cue — here's why". Business Insider. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  24. "Apple Exec Denies Yelling at Rihanna During NBA Finals". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
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