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Apple says Tim Cook to become executive chairman, John Ternus next CEO

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  • Dateline : April 20, 2026/File
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Various-Apple/Executive Shuffle

Apple says Tim Cook to become executive chairman, John Ternus next CEO

Dateline : April 20, 2026/File

Location : Various

Duration : 1'38

  • English
  • العربية
  • Español
  • 日本語


Beijing, China - April 20, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshot of leadership changes on Apple website

FILE: New York City, USA - Oct 30, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Logo of Apple on building-side
3. Various of people trying Apple products

FILE: Shanghai, China - March 21, 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Interior of flagship Apple store
5. Apple CEO Tim Cook, Apple senior vice president of Retail + People Deirdre O'Brien, other staff members counting down, opening door to welcome first batch of customers
6. Cook signing for customers

FILE: Beijing, China - March 24, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Cook speaking at seminar of China Development Forum

FILE: Beijing, China - March 20, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Cook walking upstairs, heading to meeting venue

FILE: Beijing, China - Nov 25, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Cook at China International Supply Chain Expo

FILE: Chicago, USA - March 27, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Cook delivering speech

FILE: New York City, USA - Oct 2024 (CCTV Video News Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building, U.S. national flags

Las Vegas, USA - April 20, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Liz Miller, vice president and principal analyst, Constellation Research (starting with shot 11):
"I definitely think it will be a new signal to Wall Street. So I think that's very accurate. But it may also be an indicator that holding off on major spend or trying to figure out which way the market was going to go when it came to AI was actually a fairly smart bet. We've seen massive spend and massive CapEx loss actually for a lot of organizations that went and raced into an AI future that they were not ready to go into. So I think that now we're going to have to see the new leadership move very quickly, come up with what that vision is, and give us a very clear indication of exactly where Apple is going to play in both the infrastructure, the data, and the AI conversation."

FILE: Beijing, China - March 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Various of Apple store



Apple said Monday that CEO Tim Cook will become executive chairman of the company's board of directors, while John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, will become the company's next CEO effective Sept. 1, 2026.

The company said the leadership transition was unanimously approved by its board of directors and followed a long-term succession planning process. Cook will remain CEO through the summer and work closely with Ternus to ensure a smooth handover, according to Apple.

In a statement released by the company, Cook said it had been "the greatest privilege" of his life to be Apple's CEO, and described Ternus as "without question the right person to lead Apple into the future." Ternus said he was "profoundly grateful" for the opportunity to carry Apple's mission forward.

Cook joined Apple in 1998 and became CEO in 2011. Apple said that under his leadership, the company's market capitalization rose from about 350 billion U.S. dollars to 4 trillion dollars, while annual revenue increased from 108 billion dollars in fiscal 2011 to more than 416 billion dollars in fiscal 2025.

Ternus joined Apple's product design team in 2001, became vice president of hardware engineering in 2013, and joined the executive team in 2021 as senior vice president of hardware engineering, according to the company.

Following the announcement, Liz Miller, vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research, said the leadership changes represent a fresh signal particularly regarding how the company approaches the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
"I definitely think it will be a new signal to Wall Street. So I think that's very accurate. But it may also be an indicator that holding off on major spend or trying to figure out which way the market was going to go when it came to AI was actually a fairly smart bet. We've seen massive spend and massive CapEx loss actually for a lot of organizations that went and raced into an AI future that they were not ready to go into. So I think that now we're going to have to see the new leadership move very quickly, come up with what that vision is, and give us a very clear indication of exactly where Apple is going to play in both the infrastructure, the data, and the AI conversation," said Miller in an interview with the China Global Television Network on Monday.

ID : 8475737

Published : 2026-04-21 10:58

Last Modified : 2026-04-21 17:56:50

Source : CCTV Video News Agency,China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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