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Why Tim Cook's Coming Out Matters

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks following an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (Eric Risberg/AP)
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks following an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (Eric Risberg/AP)

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s announcement in Bloomberg Businessweek that he’s “proud to be gay” makes him the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out. Cook claims that he’s not an activist, but marketing strategist Dorie Clark, author of “Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future,” tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson why this is significant in Silicon Valley and beyond.

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