Apple Executive Leaves Company After Crude Joke Made in Viral TikTok Video
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Apple Inc.
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executive is leaving the company after he made a lewd joke on TikTok that went viral.
Tony Blevins,
Apple’s vice president of procurement, is departing the company, a spokesman said.
Mr. Blevins appeared in a short video published by a TikTok and Instagram creator named
Daniel Mac,
where he asks people driving luxury cars what they do for a living. The Apple executive was parking his Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren when the video was shot.
A screenshot from a viral TikTok video by creator Daniel Mac showing Apple executive Tony Blevins.
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Daniel Mac
“I have rich cars, play golf and fondle big-breasted women, but I take weekends and major holidays off,” Mr. Blevins said, according to the video’s captions, which has been viewed 1.3 million times on TikTok.
He also said he had “a hell of a dental plan.”
Bloomberg News earlier reported his departure.
Apple CEO
Tim Cook
brought Mr. Blevins over to the tech giant in 2000 from
International Business Machines Corp.
He started in procurement and moved up through the ranks. He negotiated deals with suppliers and developed a reputation for keeping costs down for Apple.
Mr. Blevins also worked with Apple’s contract manufacturers and managed the purchase of parts such as modem chips for iPhones.
Last year, Apple parted ways with an advertising-technology executive weeks after hiring him.
Antonio García Martínez
left the company after fellow Apple employees complained about sexist and misogynistic passages in a memoir he wrote about his time at Facebook.
Write to Joseph De Avila at [email protected] and Tim Higgins at [email protected]
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A view of Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
Photo:
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
A top
Apple Inc.
AAPL -4.91%
executive is leaving the company after he made a lewd joke on TikTok that went viral.
Tony Blevins,
Apple’s vice president of procurement, is departing the company, a spokesman said.
Mr. Blevins appeared in a short video published by a TikTok and Instagram creator named
Daniel Mac,
where he asks people driving luxury cars what they do for a living. The Apple executive was parking his Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren when the video was shot.
A screenshot from a viral TikTok video by creator Daniel Mac showing Apple executive Tony Blevins.
Photo:
Daniel Mac
“I have rich cars, play golf and fondle big-breasted women, but I take weekends and major holidays off,” Mr. Blevins said, according to the video’s captions, which has been viewed 1.3 million times on TikTok.
He also said he had “a hell of a dental plan.”
Bloomberg News earlier reported his departure.
Apple CEO
Tim Cook
brought Mr. Blevins over to the tech giant in 2000 from
International Business Machines Corp.
He started in procurement and moved up through the ranks. He negotiated deals with suppliers and developed a reputation for keeping costs down for Apple.
Mr. Blevins also worked with Apple’s contract manufacturers and managed the purchase of parts such as modem chips for iPhones.
Last year, Apple parted ways with an advertising-technology executive weeks after hiring him.
Antonio García Martínez
left the company after fellow Apple employees complained about sexist and misogynistic passages in a memoir he wrote about his time at Facebook.
Write to Joseph De Avila at [email protected] and Tim Higgins at [email protected]
Copyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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