https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/09/30/photos-apple-ceo-tim-cook-buys-lavish-10-million-california-desert-mansion/

This deal actually closed a very long time ago, back near the dawn of time. (Two years ago, to be more precise, long before COVID-19 had entered the general lexicon and face masks were a political talking point.) But although long suspected, it’s taken until now to finally confirm that the mystery Silicon Valley buyer who paid $10.1 million for a mansion in La Quinta’s celebrity-infested Madison Club was Apple chieftain Tim Cook.

Back in March 2020, astute news mavens may recall, Cook and several other famous individuals were exposed to COVID during a private La Quinta birthday party for his Madison Club neighbor Lucian Grainge. Grainge was later hospitalized from virus complications.