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.
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.