{"id":1682,"date":"2025-11-15T23:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tim-cook-could-step-down-as-apple-ceo-next-year\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T23:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:31:45","slug":"tim-cook-could-step-down-as-apple-ceo-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tim-cook-could-step-down-as-apple-ceo-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Wave goodbye.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/cook_wwdc_24.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tWave goodbye.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0d424625-f4f8-4646-9f6e-927c8cbe0e3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Financial Times<\/em><\/a>, Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO as early as next year. And the board has started to seriously work out a succession plan. <em>FT<\/em> says that John Ternus, Apple\u2019s senior vice-president of hardware engineering, is considered the frontrunner for the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Cook, who turned 65 recently, has been CEO for 14 years and overseen both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/716783\/microsoft-4-trillion-market-cap-valuation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incredible growth<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/737757\/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/2\/17\/11036306\/apple-fbi-iphone-encryption-backdoor-tim-cook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fair<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/1\/10\/16873482\/senator-thune-letter-apple-iphone-slowdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">share<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/11\/22530359\/trump-leak-hunt-apple-google-microsoft-subpoena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2012\/1\/27\/2751682\/apples-tim-cook-expresses-outrage-over-nyt-report-on-worker-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversies<\/a>. <span>He\u2019s also largely seen as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Apple-in-China\/Patrick-McGee\/9781668053379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responsible<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NAj9zB4vaZc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s shift to outsourcing<\/a>\u00a0manufacturing, w<\/span>hich has enabled it to operate at much larger scales than it did traditionally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Rumors of Cook\u2019s stepping down follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/markgurman\/status\/1989458588809711860\" target=\"_blank\">retirement of Apple COO Jeff Williams<\/a>, whose last day at the company was Friday. As part of that departure, there has been some shuffling of responsibilities at the executive level, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-10\/apple-to-move-health-fitness-divisions-to-services-in-reorganization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanded roles<\/a> for Services chief Eddy Cue, head of software engineering Craig Federighi, and Ternus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Regardless of who winds up taking over as CEO, it\u2019s unlikely to be someone from outside Apple. Tim Cook has previously said there is a strong preference for an internal candidate and that the company has \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/11\/21\/apple-tim-cook-succession-planning-steve-jobs-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very detailed succession plans<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wave goodbye. According to the Financial Times, Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO as early as next year. 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