On April 20, 2026, Apple announced a major leadership transition: John Ternus, the company's senior vice president of hardware engineering, will become chief executive officer on September 1. Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, will move into the role of executive chairman of the board.
The announcement framed the change as a planned handover after more than a decade under Cook. The coverage we reviewed did not lay out detailed reasons beyond that.
Ternus is an engineer by background and has long been responsible for the hardware side of Apple's product line. Ternus's promotion puts a hardware engineer in the company's top job.
The change took effect as scheduled in September, and our separate report on that day covers what happened next.
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