Apple announced that John Ternus has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Tim Cook, who will transition to Executive Chairman.

 

Ternus joined Apple's product design team in 2001 and served as Vice President of Hardware Engineering before becoming Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering. Prior to Apple, he worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems.

 

Apple said the transition was unanimously approved by the board as part of a long-planned succession process.