Tim Cook Dating Benjamin Ling? Gay Apple CEO’s Boyfriend

Tim Cook, the billionaire CEO of the multinational technology company Apple Inc since 2011, has a colorful personal life.

Likewise, Tim has also garnered the tag as “The First Ever Gay CEO of Apple Company.”

Follow the article till the end to know more such interesting details about Tim Cook.

Tim Cook Quick Facts

Tim Cook Coming Out As Gay

Tim Cook officially secured the position as the CEO of the multinational technology company Apple Inc in 2011. Since then, he has been vocal about a lot of things.

One of them is about his sexuality.

In 2014 the CEO opened up about being gay, making him the first-ever Gay CEO of the company.

However, it took him ages to reveal publicly about his sexuality.

Only a few of his close friends and family members knew about it.

Moreover, fear of knocking over his successfully built career and reputation restrained him from coming out.

However, things did not turn out as bad as Cook expected.

While there’s always some backlash from the conservative population, Tim received a positive response from coming out as a gay man.

Furthermore, he has served as an inspiration for all LGBTQ communities.

He advocates for human rights and the issue people of his community face.

People appreciate Tim for his unapologetically vocal nature when it comes to LGBTQ advocacy.

“If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.”

Apart from doing an amazing job as the CEO of Apple, he makes the most of his position to inspire and spread the message of equality.

Cook does this in the hopes that everyone gets treated the same despite their sexual orientation.

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Is Tim Cook Dating Benjamin Ling?

After coming out as gay, the public took an interest in Tim’s personal life.

However, he has managed to evade his love life from the public.

Back in 2015, he Tim attended the gay pride parade with one of his colleague/associates. His name is Benjamin Ling.

In the past, Benjamin expressed his gratitude towards the CEO through a tweet for being vocal about his sexuality.

Ever since followers began brewing rumors about a possible relationship.

Unfortunately, no evidence supports the existence of a romantic relationship between Tim and Benjamin.

Moreover, neither accompanied one another in public ever after attending that pride event.

In 2018, all the rumors died. Benjamin revealed his boyfriend Chris Coudron, who was an engineer by profession.

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Who is Benjamin Ling?

Tim Cook’s alleged former boyfriend, Benjamin Ling, works at Apple.

Benjamin Ling was born on November 7, 1976. Today, he is 48 years old.

He is American but has family ties to China and Taiwan.

He’s an Asian-American with a Master’s degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in computer science.

Before, he worked at well-known platforms like Google and YouTube.

He’s also a co-founder of ‘Bling Capital.’

Besides his own company, Benjamin is on the board of other businesses like ‘Quantopian,’ ‘Academia.edu,’ ‘Plastiq,’ and more.

Thanks to his smart investments, Benjamin Ling now has a net worth of $100 million.

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Meet Benjamin’s Boyfriend Chris Coudron

Chris Coudron is currently about a decade younger than his partner Benjamin who is 48 years old today.

Coudron graduated from Iowa University with a BS degree in Computer Science.

Chris has worked in many highly branded tech companies like Apple Retail and Abode Systems.

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Is Tim Cook Married?

As of today, the 64-year-old is unmarried.

In an interview, Tim said that the “can’t talk much about marriage.” Making it clear that he doesn’t want to discuss his personal life with the public.

After Benjamin, he hasn’t been linked to anyone.

Possible reason being due to his workaholic nature or either he is maintaining the utmost privacy.

Tim bluntly says that he cannot talk about it and closes off the topic entirely when it comes to marriage.

When John Chambers once asked about marriage and stuff, Tim said,

“I can’t talk about marriage much.”

Well, that’s about it. That’s how much anyone is ever going to get out of Tim regarding marriage.

Tim Cook is 64 years old today. He was born on November 1, 1960, in Mobile, Alabama, United States.

Tim Cook was previously linked to Benjamin Ling, an investor. However, their relationship never confirmed.

Tim Cook has a net worth of $1.4 billion as of 2025.