Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaking at an event with the European Union flag in the background.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaking at an event with the European Union flag in the background.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Apple has announced that CEO Tim Cook will step down from his role in September.

Cook will remain with the company as chairman.

Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, has been announced as his successor.

“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,” Cook said in a statement.

He continued:

John Ternus has the mind of an engineer, the soul of an innovator, and the heart to lead with integrity and with honor.

He is a visionary whose contributions to Apple over 25 years are already too numerous to count, and he is without question the right person to lead Apple into the future.

I could not be more confident in his abilities and his character, and I look forward to working closely with him on this transition and in my new role as executive chairman.

Ternus has worked at Apple for over two decades and has played a key role in the development of major products, including the Mac and iPad.

Cook has held the position of CEO he has held since 2011, following the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Over the course of his tenure, he oversaw Apple’s rise to a multi-trillion-dollar company, expanding aggressively into services, wearables and global markets.

He also maintained a working relationship with President Donald Trump, meeting multiple times and navigating tariffs and U.S. manufacturing pressure while keeping Apple’s supply chain largely intact.

In the political world, he will be remembered for Trump humorously referring to him as “Tim Apple” during a White House meeting following his victory in the 2016 presidential election.

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