Apple CEO Tim Cook stated his sexual orientation publicly for the first time in a Bloomberg Businessweek essay. "While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now," he wrote. "So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me." Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Tyrangiel that he had been thinking about coming out for a long time.