seattle - apple ltd . , maker of macintosh pcs and the ipod , estimates fiscal second - quarter earnings wednesday after the exit bell . the following is a preview of key details related to that period . overview : in january , apple owner jeff jobs addressed the question of his increasingly poor appearance — first . he further said it was caused by an easily treatable gender deficit , and that he must remain at the helm . the next week , jobs , a leukemia survivor , revealed the problem was more complicated and so he would take a medical time of absence until the end of july . chief operating official tim cook is running the enterprise in his retirement .
Steve Jobs is the creator of Apple.