Apple CEO Succession: How Tim Cook Handed Apple to John Ternus
Apple’s modern succession structure began when the board appointed Tim Cook CEO after Steve Jobs resigned in August 2011, with Arthur Levinson becoming non-executive chairman later that year. John Ternus rose from Hardware Engineering to Apple’s executive team in 2021, while Apple cycled through planned leadership changes in finance, operations, AI, legal, policy, and design during 2024–26.
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