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Apple announces John Ternus as new CEO replacing Tim Cook

2 sources · 22 Apr 2026 · Share coverage ·

Apple announced that John Ternus will be the company's new CEO, replacing Tim Cook in September. Cook will become executive chairman and remain at the company focusing on political and institutional relations.

Tim Cook has led Apple since August 2011, when Steve Jobs resigned as CEO due to the cancer that would lead to his death in October of that year. This is Apple's first CEO transition since Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs in 2011, with Cook having discretely prepared the succession and expanded Ternus's role by placing him in charge of design teams at the end of last year.

1. What we know (4)

John Ternus has 25 years of experience at Apple

2 sources Brazil Journal InvestNews

Tim Cook has led Apple since 2011, when he succeeded Steve Jobs

2 sources Brazil Journal InvestNews

Under Cook, Apple's market value increased 24-fold

2 sources Brazil Journal InvestNews

Cook is 65 years old

2 sources Brazil Journal InvestNews
2. Where coverage thins out (5)

Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.

Covered by only some sources (5)

John Ternus is 50 years old

Reported by: Brazil Journal
Did not cover: InvestNews

Apple is valued at approximately $4 trillion in the market

Reported by: Brazil Journal
Did not cover: InvestNews

Cook expanded Ternus's role at the end of last year, putting him in charge of design teams

Reported by: InvestNews
Did not cover: Brazil Journal

Ternus joined the product engineering team in 2001

Reported by: InvestNews
Did not cover: Brazil Journal

Ternus has been vice president of hardware engineering since 2013

Reported by: Brazil Journal
Did not cover: InvestNews
3. What we don't know yet

No gaps declared — all sources converge on the material facts.

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