During the last decade of his fabled run as chief executive officer of Apple, the late Steve Jobs often faced biting criticisms in the press and from others in business and technology for not being more outwardly philanthropic. In other words, Steve Jobs didn't flaunt his charitable gestures as ostentatiously as his many of his contemporaries had.

As a result, Jobs was labeled by some as a billionaire who turned his back on philanthropy.

New Apple CEO Tim Cook, however, is coming to Jobs' defense by speaking for the first time about Apple's generosity toward its