Apple CEO Steve Jobs is still expected to return from his medical leave at the end of June, according to an Apple director who responded to an investor’s question at the company’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, reports the Washington Post.
The investor—who was the only one to press for details on Jobs’ health—had asked when the board knew Jobs planned to step away from his daily duties. Apple director Arthur Levinson responded that since Jobs announced January 14 that he needed to go on leave, “nothing has changed.” Jobs, who turned 54 on Tuesday, was not at the meeting. At one point, investors stood up and sang “Happy Birthday” to him, at the urging of one shareholder.
A survivor of pancreatic cancer who looked very thin last year, Jobs said January 5 that he had a treatable hormone imbalance and would continue to run Apple. But the following week he went on leave to treat medical issues that he said were “more complex” than he had believed. Apple’s COO, Tim Cook, took over daily duties.