John Ternus solidifies his role as Apple CEO-apparent amid design team shakeup

John Ternus, SVP of hardware engineering, has reportedly taken over Apple's design teams and cemented his position as the likely long-term replacement of CEO Tim Cook.


Ternus has long been rumored as a potential successor for Cook, and he has taken on a more public-facing role in recent years. Now, Cook has placed him in charge of Apple's iconic design team, albeit without any official announcement.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Cook put the design team under Ternus at the end of 2025. However, the company's internal and external organizational charts still do not reflect the change.


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