US EditionMeet John Ternus, the Apple Exec Rumored to Be the Frontrunner to One Day Replace Tim Cook as CEO
John Ternus, Apple’s senior VP of hardware engineering, is the leading CEO candidate as Tim Cook nears potential resignation amid product and AI competition challenges.
- On Saturday the Financial Times reported Apple is intensifying succession planning, naming John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering, as CEO Tim Cook could resign next year.
- With Cook approaching a later career stage, Cook said, `My job is to prepare several people to for the ability to succeed, and I really want the person to come from within Apple`, as Apple plans internal succession candidates, according to a 2023 interview with Dua Lipa.
- John Ternus, 50, senior vice president of hardware engineering, is Apple’s youngest top executive with roughly 24 years at the company and has taken visible roles at Apple events unveiling the M1 chip and iPhone Air earlier this year.
- An engineering-led successor would shift Apple’s focus from Cook’s operations-heavy style, addressing criticism over Vision Pro and AI-enhanced Siri with renewed product innovation.
- Bloomberg previously identified Ternus as the most likely heir apparent, while other senior executives including Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak have long been floated as possible successors.
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Meet John Ternus, the Apple exec rumored to be the frontrunner to one day replace Tim Cook as CEO
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