John Ternus

There is uncertainty about Apple's head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding Tim Cook as CEO, The Information reports. Some former Apple executives apparently hope that a new "dark-horse" candidate will emerge. Ternus is considered to be the most likely candidate to succeed Cook as CEO. The report notes that he is more likely to become CEO than software head chief Craig Federighi, ...

By Corinne Reichert Apple's incoming CEO, John Ternus, joined the tech giant back in 2001 as part of the product design team, having previously worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.Ternus has risen through the ranks at Apple over the past 25 years, becoming a VP of hardware engineering in 2013 and then SVP in 2021. During those years, Ternus worked across many flagship devices, including the iPad, AirPods, iPhone, Apple Watch and, most recently, the MacBook Neo."John Ternus has th

Ternus began working at Apple in 2001 as part of the product design team. He became vice president of hardware engineering in 2013 and was bumped up to senior vice president in 2021. Unlike Cook, whose strengths before becoming CEO were in logistics and supply chain management, Ternus has been a down-to-the-screws product guy during his 25 years at Apple. He's worked on products including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and the MacBook Neo. Before his tenure at Apple, he was a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the

John Ternus will be taking over as Apple CEO in September. What was your reaction to the announcement? There are people out there who are saying that John Ternus needs to invent the new iPhone. I understand where they’re coming from, but I just don’t agree with the conclusions. You have to remember that the masterpiece age of Apple was only about seven years. It lasted from 2001 to 2008 when they released their main products. The historical conditions and the leadership team that were able to create those massive successes just doesn’t exist anymore. Apple has matured into a $4 trillion corpor