BennyT
05-01-09, 11:12 PM
The chief executive of Apple, Steven P. Jobs. announced on Monday that he was being treated for a "hormone imbalance" but was staying on as head of the company.
In a statement on Monday, Mr. Jobs said his decision not to give the keynote address this year at Macworld had touched off speculation about his health. Apple’s senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, Philip Schiller, will deliver the speech which is scheduled for Tuesday at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
The decision to let Mr. Schiller give the address, Mr. Jobs said, “set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.”
“As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Mr. Jobs said. “A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my No. 1 priority.
“Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone imbalance that has been ‘robbing’ me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis,” he wrote.
Mr. Jobs said that he was receiving treatment and that his doctors expect that it will take until late spring to regain the lost weight.
“I will continue as Apple’s C.E.O. during my recovery,” he said in the statement.
In the statement, Mr. Jobs asked for the support of the “Apple community.
“I will be the first one to step up and tell our board of directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s C.E.O.,” he said.
In a separate statement, the board of Apple said that Mr. Jobs deserved the company’s complete support during his recuperation.
“He most certainly has that from Apple and its board,” the statement said.
In a statement on Monday, Mr. Jobs said his decision not to give the keynote address this year at Macworld had touched off speculation about his health. Apple’s senior vice president for worldwide product marketing, Philip Schiller, will deliver the speech which is scheduled for Tuesday at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
The decision to let Mr. Schiller give the address, Mr. Jobs said, “set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.”
“As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Mr. Jobs said. “A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my No. 1 priority.
“Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone imbalance that has been ‘robbing’ me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis,” he wrote.
Mr. Jobs said that he was receiving treatment and that his doctors expect that it will take until late spring to regain the lost weight.
“I will continue as Apple’s C.E.O. during my recovery,” he said in the statement.
In the statement, Mr. Jobs asked for the support of the “Apple community.
“I will be the first one to step up and tell our board of directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s C.E.O.,” he said.
In a separate statement, the board of Apple said that Mr. Jobs deserved the company’s complete support during his recuperation.
“He most certainly has that from Apple and its board,” the statement said.