Leadership

Apple CEO Succession: How Tim Cook Handed Apple to John Ternus

Tim Cook became Apple’s CEO in August 2011 under a board chaired for most of his tenure by Arthur Levinson, while John Ternus rose from Apple’s hardware organization to the executive team in 2021. Apple then carried out a series of planned leadership handovers in finance, operations, AI, legal, policy, design, and hardware during 2024 through 2026.