Apple CEO Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave

By Allen Tsai | Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:52 am

Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs said today he is taking a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

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Jobs, 53, said in a letter last week that he would remain at Apple's helm despite a treatable hormone deficiency, and said he had already begun the treatment for the problem. But in an email to employees today, Jobs backtracked.

"During the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought," he wrote.

Apple's COO, Tim Cook, will take over Jobs' responsibilities while he is on leave.

Jobs announced in 2004 that he had undergone successful surgery to treat a very rare form of pancreatic cancer.

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