{"id":83886,"date":"2026-04-21T07:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/end-of-an-era-john-ternes-takes-over-as-apple-ceo-cook-to-remain-executive-chairman\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:59:56","slug":"end-of-an-era-john-ternes-takes-over-as-apple-ceo-cook-to-remain-executive-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/end-of-an-era-john-ternes-takes-over-as-apple-ceo-cook-to-remain-executive-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an era: John Ternes takes over as Apple CEO, Cook to remain executive chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It appears the rumors were true \u2013 following speculation about the end of Tim Cook&#8217;s tenure at Apple <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2026\/04\/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo\/\">Will now step down from his role as CEO<\/a>And John Ternes, senior vice president of hardware engineering, will succeed him. Ternes will begin his new role on September 1, 2026, while Cook will remain at the company as Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Ternes has been with Apple for more than two decades now, joining its product design team in 2001. He eventually assumed the role of vice president of hardware engineering in 2013, and joined the executive team as senior vice president of hardware engineering in 2021. With this in mind, he also oversaw the development of several product lines, including the iPad, iPhone, Mac, and AirPods. Speaking on the change Turnus says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m very grateful for this opportunity to further Apple&#8217;s mission. Having spent almost my entire career at Apple, I was fortunate to work under Steve Jobs and have Tim Cook as my mentor. It&#8217;s a privilege to help shape products and experiences that have profoundly changed the way we interact with the world and each other&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_359416\" style=\"width: 1184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-359416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turnus (left) with Cook (right). Photo courtesy of Apple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cook joined Apple in 1998, and later stepped down as CEO of the company in 2011 following the resignation of co-founder and then-CEO Steve Jobs. While Cook had no industrial or primarily technical background, his tenure as CEO allowed the company to move in a direction that focused heavily on developing and promoting its software services along with hardware, leading to massive business growth. he states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>John Ternes has the mind of an engineer, the soul of an innovator, and the heart to lead with integrity and respect. He is a visionary whose contributions to Apple over 25 years are already too many to count, and there is no doubt that he is the right person to lead Apple into the future. I couldn&#8217;t be more confident in his abilities and his character, and I look forward to this transition and working closely with him in my new role as Executive Chairman.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the rumors were true \u2013 following speculation about the end of Tim Cook&#8217;s tenure at Apple Will now step down from his role as CEOAnd John Ternes, senior vice president of hardware engineering, will succeed him. 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