Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as CEO on his own terms, seemingly picking the right successor in John Ternus, much like Jobs did with Cook
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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NEW: Apple bets on new CEO John Ternus to bring back some Jobs-era decisiveness. His mandate is to put Apple back on top as a product innovator. A look at what's to come and his key challenges. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@jukan05
Jukan
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Interesting... According to The Information, Apple's new CEO John Ternus is said to have a risk-averse personality, which could be seen as a weakness at a time when Apple may need to make bold investments. [image]
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@stroughtonsmith …
Steve Troughton-Smith
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“Earlier this month, Ternus overhauled the hardware engineering organization around what he calls a new AI platform designed to speed up product development and improve device quality. It's indicative of his plan to deploy AI quickly throughout the company to improve its operati…
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@dbohio
Dan Berglund
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I'm not sure that's the legacy I'd want to point to as I tell the story of my life. “Wow, look at how that market cap grew.” [embedded post]
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@jasonhiner
Jason Hiner
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When Tim Cook took over as Apple CEO in August 2011, I remember there being a lot of skepticism because Tim was never going to be the product visionary that Steve Jobs was. There was a consensus that Tim had an impossible task following in the footsteps of a legendary CEO, and [i…
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@trumpactiontracker
@trumpactiontracker
on bluesky
Trump posts on Truth Social in praise of Apple's Tim Cook, but says he used to offer ‘big help’ to Cook when he called asking for favours during Trump's 1st and 2nd term — TAT: [Corruption]