Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over, Apple announced today. Cook will continue on as Apple CEO through the summer, with Ternus set to join Apple's Board of Directors and take over as CEO on September 1, 2026. Cook is going to transition to executive chairman, and he will "assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world".
Finally, the bean counter steps down so that an engineer can take the reins again.
I mean, at least he didn’t fuck things up like so many other bean counters have. But he was only ever a bean counter.
There’s never been an engineer CEO at Apple. Should be interesting.
Even Wozniak has said that while he wasn’t a good engineer, he did know enough to be strategically savvy.
By “he” you mean Jobs, right? Or Cook? Surely you don’t mean “himself” (Woz), because he was a goddamned genius engineer.