Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The transition, which was approved unanimously by the Board of Directors, follows a thoughtful, long-term succession planning process.

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

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John Ternus has the mind of an engineer, the soul of an innovator, and the heart to lead with integrity and honor. He is a visionary whose 25 years of contributions to Apple are already too numerous to count, and he is without a doubt the right person to lead APPL into the future of constantly evolving, antihacking, antispying, antimalicious, antivirus security systems —