Apple’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Cook is going to resign from his post. After holding the post of CEO for 15 years, his tenure is coming to an end. 65-year-old Tim Cook will resign from the post in September and John Ternes will take over as the new CEO of Apple in his place. Cook took over this post after Steve Jobs.
According to the information, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, John Ternes, has been appointed as the new CEO by the company. John Ternes will assume his new responsibility from September 1. Tim Cook will now play the role of executive chairman in the company. John Ternes has been associated with Apple for the last 25 years.
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Apple, Tim Cook, will resign from his current position in September and will start a new role as Apple’s executive chairman. John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will step into the role of CEO.
— ANI (@ANI) April 20, 2026
Was leading the company since 2011
Tim Cook was leading the company since 2011. Steve Jobs left the post of CEO due to health reasons. After that Tim Cook was handling this responsibility. For the last many years, news of his resignation was coming out, there was talk that Tim may leave the post of CEO and finally now it has been confirmed.
Cook will remain associated with Apple as executive chairman.
However, Tim Cook will not completely withdraw from the company. He will remain associated with Apple as Executive Chairman and continue to play a role in the functioning of the company. In 2011, Tim Cook took over the reins of the company after Steve Jobs stepped down. He joined Apple in the year 1998. According to the information, at that time the company was going through many difficulties.
Took Apple to new heights
Steve Jobs hired Tim Cook to take Apple’s operations team in a new direction. Tim Cook was not considered a technological giant with the vision like Steve Jobs. But he used the iPhone and other technological innovations created by Jobs. Through this he took Apple to new heights.
In the 1990s, the Apple company was almost bankrupt. Under Cook’s leadership, it became one of the world’s largest and most valuable companies. From 2005 to 2011, he served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Tim Cook took on the interim role as CEO of the company during Steve Jobs’ illness. On August 24, 2011, Steve Jobs appointed Tim Cook as CEO of Apple. Apple achieved many great milestones under the leadership of Tim Cook.
