End of an Era: Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO, John Ternus to Take the Helm

It's been a few months since speculation started about the potential retirement or departure of Apple CEO, Tim Cook. The internet was abuzz full of names of candidates that might succeed him after his near-fifteen year tenure, what kind of timeline that might happen under, and a host of other unknowns. But today, we at least have the name. Tim Cook will be succeeded as Apple CEO by Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus.

In retrospect, Apple's recent announcements seem to have Ternus' name all over them. He was out in front giving quotes in press releases when Apple announced the cost-effective MacBook Neo, and he's certainly had an elevated presence every time Apple talks about hardware at its live events. The MacBook Neo is such a wild departure from Apple's established forty-year history of selling premium products, that we wonder if it would ...