Eddy Cue Biography
Eddy Cue born Eduardo H. Cue is an American Software developer who is Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.
He oversees Apple’s numerous content stores including the iBooks Store, the iTunes Store, and Apple Music, as well as Apple Pay, Siri (until 2017), Maps, iCloud services, iAd, and Apple’s productivity and creativity apps. He testified in the antitrust case against Apple for conspiring on eBook pricing.
Eddy Cue Education
Cue attended Duke University where he earned a bachelor’s degrees in computer science and economics. He is an avid Duke basketball fan, and both of his sons Adam and Spencer studied Computer Science at Duke University as well.
Eddy Cue Business Career
Early career (1990s)
Eddy 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, Cue was a manager of software engineering and customer support teams.
In 1999, Cue convinced Apple to work with Akamai Technologies Inc. on new streaming functions for its QuickTime video software. Cue 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.
He 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, he is famous for advising Jobs to consider creating a smaller version of the iPad based on his own experience with the product.
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, Eddy has addressed Apple’s mobile maps, iCloud, and iMessage outages. Additionally, he 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.
His 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 (company). In response to the rise of video streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix, 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, Netflix, and Amazon.
Eddy Cue Duke University
Eddy 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.
Additionally, he 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.
Eddy Cue Rihanna | Eddy Cue Warriors
Cue is also a longtime Golden State Warriors fan. At Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals, he 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.
After the incident, he 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.”
Eddy Cue Award and Recognition
Eddy 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.
Eddy Cue Age
Cue was born on 23 October 1964 in Miami, Florida, United States. He is 54 years old as of 2018.
Eddy Cue Family | Eddy Cue Wife
Cue is the son son of a Cuban mother and a Spanish father. He is married to Paula whom he met at Duke University. The couple resides in Los Altos, California, and tries hard to maintain a low profile. They have two sons.
He is an avid fan of rock music, with Bruce Springsteen as one of his favorite artists.
Eddy Cue Net Worth
Cue has an estimated net worth of of $200 million which he has earned from his career and investments.
Eddy Cue Salary
Eddy Cue Ferrari
In 2012, Apple SVP Cue joins Ferrari board. He said he has dreamed of owning one since he was 8.
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