Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially.
Mr. Jobs didn't respond to an email requesting comment. "Steve continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there's nothing further to say," said Apple spokeswoman Katie Cotton.
There's room for skepticism, however: Apple has remained quiet on the issue for months, insisting that Job's health is his own concern. And yet such information has a significant effect on Apple's stock price, creating an incentive to keep the details private: Apple's investors would likely have become skittish if they'd known about Job's surgery at the time.
As always with this saga, we'll only know for sure when we see Steve Jobs back at work.