Apple says COO Jeff Williams will step down in July, overseeing design and health until he retires later in 2025; SVP of Operations Sabih Khan will become COO
Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company's longtime No. 2, marking a major changing of the guard …
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@mgsiegler.com
M.G. Siegler
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He is, of course, two years younger than Tim Cook. [embedded post]
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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Full story: Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is stepping down in a blockbuster changing of the guard. As one former executive who reported to Williams told me, “the band is dissolving.” Details here, what it means and what happens next: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@bzamayo
Benjamin Mayo
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I like how the press release says this succession is long planned, and yet they aren't ready to say who is taking over Apple Watch and Health initiatives. Also, Cook (himself set to retire in the foreseeable future) has so many direct reports now lol.
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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Apple didn't announce what will happen to the Watch and Health teams but here's the likely outcome: Apple never said this but Watch HW was already given to Ternus years ago. You can bet watchOS and health software will go to Federighi. Fitness+ will obviously go to Services.
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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For those wondering why Apple's design team would report to Tim Cook: the hardware design and software teams design were merged under one roof so to speak several years ago. It's not set up to report to two different people. So Cook was the only real option.
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@om
@om
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Two ways to read this: 1. Tim Cook is going to be CEO for a bit. or 2. HairForce One is the likely next CEO. Either way Jeff wasn't going to get the job. So he is taking his millions and walking into the Apple sunset. (pun intended.)
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@bznotes
Bilal Zuberi
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Super proud of my friend Sabih, who will step into COO role at Apple. If you met him you would instantly know what a gem of a human he is. https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
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Wow, very big changes at Apple
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@mattrosoff
Matt Rosoff
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So who's next in line for Tim Apple's job now?
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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As I reported a year ago, hardware engineering chief John Ternus is primed to be the next CEO of Apple when Tim Cook eventually retires. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@parkerortolani
Parker Ortolani
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this also increases the likelihood that John Ternus is indeed marked as next in line for the CEO job in the succession plan
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@parkerortolani
Parker Ortolani
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fascinating that design will report directly to Tim instead of them promoting or hiring someone to lead that org (though I suppose that could change in the coming months), they really need a visionary product person in that position
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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Williams is retiring end of year. Design teams will start reporting to Cook at that time.
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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I guess that means John Ternus is the only option left for Tim Cook's eventual replacement as CEO [image]
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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BREAKING: Apple COO Jeff Williams is stepping down from role, staying in smaller job at the company. Sabih Khan taking job.
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@gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
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Safe to say Jeff isn't going to be the next CEO at Apple. Lots of folks in their late 50s early 60s are moving on with a few notables with either more to deliver, more to prove or delusional thinking they have a chance at CEO
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@lapcatsoftware@mastodon.social
Jeff Johnson
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“Apple's design teams reporting to an operations executive makes no more sense than it would for Apple's operations teams to report to, say, Alan Dye.” Tim Cook is an operations executive. [Quote from Daring Fireball article]