Gore Offered Option To Buy Apple Shares

Vice President Gore, an Apple Inc. board member, got an option to buy 10,000 shares of the computer maker's stock. The exercise price is $129.67 a share, Apple's closing price on March 19, according to a regulatory filing. The option expires in 10 years.

Mr. Gore, who joined Apple's board in 2003, has raised his profile in the technology industry since his unsuccessful bid for president in 2000. He advises Google Inc. and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He also co-founded Current Media Inc., a San Francisco-based cable channel that plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering this year.