Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years. He will remain the chief executive at Apple until September 1.
In a news release on Monday, April 20, Apple named John Ternus as the new CEO to replace Cook.
Ternus (right) was formerly Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering.
“I am profoundly grateful for this opportunity to carry Apple’s mission forward,” Ternus said in the news release.
Ternus, 50, has worked at Apple since 2001.
Cook, 65, joined Apple in 1998 and worked as chief operating officer under Steve Jobs who died from pancreatic cancer in 2011.
“I love Apple with all of my being, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with a team of such ingenious, innovative, creative, and deeply caring people,” Cook said in the news release.
During Cook’s tenure, Apple launched multiple successful products, but he hesitated to develop artificial intelligence products. He delayed the rollout of a more intelligent AI-powered Siri multiple times.
Cook opted instead to partner with Google to use its Gemini AI models to enhance Siri and other Apple Intelligence features.
Late last year, Apple’s artificial intelligence chief left the company.
