Tim Cook is in charge of leading Manzana since August 2011 but, before becoming COO of the Cupertino company, he was responsible for global operations, including end-to-end supply chain management, sales activities, and service and support across all markets and countries. At almost 64 years old, rumors suggest that Tim Cook will not be the CEO of Apple forever and, so much so that the first leaks have uncovered who could be the successor in office.
According to journalist Mark Gurmnan of the newspaper Bloomberg, Apple’s next CEO could be John Ternus, vice president of hardware engineering. This change would be the third change in the list of leaders that the company with the bitten apple has had throughout its history, since, so far this century, we have only met two, the famous founder Steve Jobs, who held the position for 14 years, and Tim Cook, the current CEO since 2011.
Regardless of who the next manufacturer leader is, Apple wants to bet on a trusted person –and that he is from the house– so that he can be at the head of the company for several years. Therefore, speculation revolves around John Ternus, because the report shared by Mark Gurman is based on conversations with “several people familiar with the internal workings of Apple.”
However, if a change were to occur early, COO Jeff Williams would be the company’s third leader, although this would be an extreme case because said candidate is 61 years old and Apple wants a person who is in charge for a long time.
Who is John Ternus, the possible replacement for Tim Cook
Regardless of the bet on Jeff Williams, the rumors shared by Bloomberg They target John Ternus. This person joined Apple’s Product Design team in 2001, He has been Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering since 2013. and, throughout his mandate, Ternus has supervised the hardware engineering work on a variety of innovative products, including all generations and models of iPad, Apple’s latest line, and AirPods. Additionally, he was a key leader in the Mac’s ongoing transition to silicon, and before coming to the Cupertino company, Ternus worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems.
On the other hand, in Gurmnan’s leak there are two paragraphs that condense the reasons to believe that Ternus could be the next replacement for Tim Cook:
- A person close to Apple’s executive team indicates that “Tim really likes it because he knows how to give a good presentation, It is very peacefulnever puts anything controversial in an email and is very reticent when making decisions. “He has a lot of managerial traits like Tim.”
- Meanwhile, Christopher Stringer, a former Apple hardware designer, mentions Ternus as Ternus a “reliable hand” that “he has never failed any royal who has been promoted.”
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