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TIM COOK STEPS DOWN AS APPLE CEO

Apple has named John Ternus as its next CEO, with Tim Cook transitioning to executive chairman. Analyst Gil Luria says the transition leaves Apple well-positioned.

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Apple Inc. named hardware chief John Ternus as the iPhone maker’s next leader, with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook shi…

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Apple: John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become…

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Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-ap…

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Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will take over as CEO at the start of September.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and will be succeeded by John Ternus, currently Apple's senior vice president of har…

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Apple: Apple says Johny Srouji, who most recently served as senior VP of Hardware Technologies, will assume an expanded…

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Apple says hardware chief John Ternus will become the next CEO on September 1. Current CEO Tim Cook will shift to the ro…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is officially stepping down from his role on September 1, the company announced today, while current…

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John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will replace Cook as CEO on September 1. Cook…

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Cook will be executive chairman, but will no longer run the company day to day.

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Apple has appointed Johny Srouji as its new chief hardware officer, "effective immediately," according to an announcemen…

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After tapping hardware chief John Ternus to succeed Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook as the iPhone maker’s leader, Apple…

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CNBC: John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become…

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Apple Inc. named hardware chief John Ternus as the iPhone maker’s next leader, with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook shi…

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"I couldn't be happier about it," Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management co-founder and CEO Ross Gerber says w…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a letter to the community as he prepares to step down from his role in September. "This i…

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John Ternus and Tim Cook | Image: Apple The multitrillion-dollar home of the iPhone, Mac, and so many other tech gadge…

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"Apple is in good shape," Gil Luria, D.A. Davidson head of technology research, says while reacting to Apple naming John…

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Cook, who will stay on as executive chair, praises head of hardware engineering, who will take over on 1 September Apple…

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Though Tim Cook is shedding his CEO title for the role of Apple's executive chairman, it appears he'll keep one of his m…

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Apple Inc.’s newly combined hardware engineering and hardware technologies division will be organized across five key ar…

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After 15 years, Tim Cook will hand off his role as Apple CEO to John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineeri…

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Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst at Technalysis Research, says Apple will maintain its AI focus during the lea…

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Hardware engineering executive is a longtime Apple insider, indicating company will continue strategy that has led to re…

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John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as CEO on his own terms, seemingly pic…

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When Apple Inc. announced Monday that longtime leader Tim Cook would be replaced by John Ternus, it published an image o…

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Fifteen years after succeeding Steve Jobs, Tim Cook is handing over the top leadership position at Apple Inc. to hardwar…

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Longtime colleagues say John Ternus will bring back Jobs-era decisiveness, shifting from Cook's…

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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: A profile of John Ternus, a mechanical engineer by background, who joined Apple in…

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Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Tim Cook's 15-year legacy by the numbers: Apple's market cap grew from $350B in 2011 to $4T+ now…

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The outgoing CEO developed a playbook for success in the world’s No. 2 economy

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On today's show, Apple has picked John Ternus to be its new CEO. Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years, during which…

Engadget+14h 41m

Apple’s current SVP of hardware engineering John Ternus will take over as the new CEO when Tim Cook steps down this Sept…

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John Ternus is going to be Apple's next CEO. And while outgoing CEO Tim Cook was lauded for his approach to logistics, T…

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John Ternus ascends the throne – but Cook will stay on to manage tech giant’s foreign policy as executive chair Hello, a…

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Apple announced Monday that Tim Cook would be replaced as Chief Executive Officer by John Ternus in September, bringing…

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The CEO traded photo ops for concessions in the president’s trade war.

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John Ternus has risen through the ranks at Apple is now going to be the next CEO starting in September. He started at Cu…

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The Mac reached a series of low points in the Tim Cook era: the fiasco of the butterfly keyboard, the clunky transition…

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The soon-to-exit Apple CEO went all in on services. Now, the incoming CEO, John Ternus, will need to embrace the AI era.

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Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook, who’s stepping down as chief executive officer later this year, told employees on Tuesday that he…

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Tim Cook took Apple to unprecedented heights during his 15-years at the top. Tom Mackenzie looks at his legacy in number…

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Cook, who joined Apple in 1998, succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011 and went on to transform Apple into a $4 trillion po…

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: All-hands: Tim Cook said he's stepping down now to ensure the “best-ever transition,” citing st…

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Analysts say next boss John Ternus should diversify tech giant away from iPhones and raise its game in AI John Ternus ta…

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Walter Piecyk of Lightshed Partners has been saying for over a year that Apple needs a new CEO, and now they're getting…

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On this special edition of “Bloomberg Tech,” Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Apple’s CEO transition as the company a…

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Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and afte…

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at Apple's management changes and several key executives' futures; sources say Mike Rock…