"Ciao Italia - Great to be in Naples!".
So
Tim Cook
, Apple's CEO, greets Naples, which confers an honorary degree in
Innovation and International Management
from the Federico II University.
"We meet one of the great minds of our time", said the rector of the university
Matteo Lorito
, "a truly important and historic moment, meeting a person of the caliber of Tim Cook is not an everyday thing. It is an opportunity. for the whole of Federico II, for our students who will meet him in San Giovanni ".
"A beautiful moment - he said - that starts from the consideration that the values that Tim Cook has translated into this giant company that is Apple, one of the most powerful multinationals in the world today, are also close to those that we have been pursuing for about 800 years, therefore training, accessibility for all to training, safety, inclusion. We consolidated the relationship with Apple for the Academy, which was an experimental project and has now become a structural reality. A year ago we signed the agreement and there the idea was born to propose this honorary degree to Tim Cook, who accepted with great enthusiasm and we are very happy about it ".
"Being able to bring him here right on the threshold of our celebrations means bringing one of the great minds of this moment to walk the corridors and halls of the Federico II and we will also take a nice walk in the Courtyard of the Statues", concluded Lorito.
In the early afternoon Cook will be at the Apple Academy, in the Federico II academic center, in the San Giovanni a Teduccio district, to meet about 400 students.
Cook, who arrived in the city last night by private plane, was in the church of Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi, in the area of the Virgins.
"Thanks to the sculptor Jago - Cook writes on
- for inviting me into his fantastic studio. Inspired by the artists of the past, he uses technology to create masterpieces for the new generations".