Apple's leadership shift to John Ternus comes at a critical moment as the company races to catch up in AI and defend its dominance in a rapidly evolving tech landscape
The maps app famously didn't work properly in much of the world, providing users with wrong directions, mislabeled landmarks and a far inferior experience to what was then offered by Google
Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion tech colossus during his 15-year run after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs
Apple said that Cook's work will include engaging policymakers around the world
Apple also is betting that Ternus has a more decisive leadership style, something closer to that of co-founder Steve Jobs
The outgoing CEO Tim Cook, who'll stay on as executive chairman, built up an unprecedented record of success over his tenure
This will be the first leadership appointment at Apple in 15 years since Tim Cook took over the CEO role from co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011
The change aims to simplify the structure of his organisation, which will add thousands of employees and responsibility over the engineering of the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and other products
Cook, who took the CEO role from co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, will stay with the company as executive chairman after the transition set to take place on Sept 1
Ternus, 50, has served as head of hardware engineering since 2021 and spent 25 years focused on product development at the iPhone maker
Stan Ng, who has worked at Apple for 31 years, said Thursday that he is leaving the company
The company is preparing to make the change as part of a Siri overhaul in its upcoming iOS 27 operating system update
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