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By Ramishah Maruf, NCS
New York (NCS) — Apple veteran John Ternus will take over the $4 trillion firm as CEO come September 1.
“Having spent almost my entire career at Apple, I have been lucky to have worked under Steve Jobs and to have had Tim Cook as my mentor,” he said in a press release saying his new place Monday.
Here’s what you’ll want to find out about Apple’s incoming CEO.
What does he do?
Ternus is aware of Apple at its core: He is presently the firm’s senior vp of {hardware} engineering, in line with Apple’s web site. That means he led the {hardware} engineering behind Apple’s most recognizable merchandise, reminiscent of the iPhone and Mac, in addition to newer improvements like the Apple Vision Pro.
He performed a significant function in new product traces for the Mac, AirPods and iPhone. His group was important in creating the new MacBook Neo, Apple stated in a press launch, and the iPhone 17 lineup.
How lengthy has he been at Apple?
Ternus has spent 1 / 4 of a century at Apple. He joined the firm’s product design group in 2001 and finally grew to become a vp of {hardware} engineering in 2013. Apple promoted him to the govt group in 2021, when he grew to become senior vp of {hardware} engineering.
He labored as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems earlier than becoming a member of Apple and he graduated with a bachelor’s diploma in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, in line with the press launch.
Ternus’ newest promotion isn’t a lot of a shock – he had been thought of a CEO entrance-runner for at least the last year.
What’s on his plate?
Ternus actually has massive footwear to fill. Cook has served as CEO since 2011 and led the firm to achieve a $4 trillion market cap in a post-Steve Jobs period.
The massive query mark hanging over Ternus is Apple’s efforts in AI.
“Cook leaves a lasting legacy in Cupertino and there will be a lot of pressure on Ternus to produce success out of the gates, especially on the AI front,” analyst Dan Ives stated in a notice Monday.
While Jobs was a threat taker, Cook discovered regular success in companies constructing off present merchandise, reminiscent of the Apple Watch, AirPods and Apple TV+. It’s as much as Ternus to resolve which path he’ll take, and whether or not Apple can create the subsequent massive factor in a unstable AI panorama.
“Ternus is a hardware engineer, which signals that Apple will seek differentiation in its physical products even as it looks to reframe the device as a substrate for intelligent experiences,” Forrester principal analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee stated in a notice.
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