--- title: Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple's CEO | daily.dev description: Tim Cook will retire as Apple's CEO on September 1, transitioning to executive chairman of the board. John Ternus, currently senior vice president of Hardware... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tim-cook-steps-down-as-apple-s-ceo-ylijuhonn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple's CEO | daily.dev og:description: Tim Cook will retire as Apple's CEO on September 1, transitioning to executive chairman of the board. John Ternus, currently senior vice president of Hardware... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tim-cook-steps-down-as-apple-s-ceo-ylijuhonn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yLijuhonn.png og:image:alt: Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple's CEO og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple's CEO **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tim Cook will retire as Apple's CEO on September 1, transitioning to executive chairman of the board. John Ternus, currently senior vice president of Hardware Engineering with 25 years at Apple, will become the new CEO. Under Cook's tenure since 2011, Apple's market cap grew from ~$350 billion to $4 trillion and annual revenue nearly quadrupled to $416 billion. Ternus has overseen hardware engineering for iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Are we nearing the end of Apple’s Tim Cook era?](https://daily.dev/posts/are-we-nearing-the-end-of-apple-s-tim-cook-era--m8a9mdqx0) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The John Ternus era begins at Apple](https://daily.dev/posts/the-john-ternus-era-begins-at-apple-y8a5z5rpl) · TechCentral · 46 upvotes · 9 comments --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tim-cook-steps-down-as-apple-s-ceo-ylijuhonn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple's CEO","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tim-cook-steps-down-as-apple-s-ceo-ylijuhonn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tim-cook-steps-down-as-apple-s-ceo-ylijuhonn"},"datePublished":"2026-04-21T08:29:17.156Z","dateModified":"2026-04-21T09:04:18.747Z","description":"Tim Cook will retire as Apple's CEO on September 1, transitioning to executive chairman of the board. John Ternus, currently senior vice president of Hardware...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fe2b8dc40f2c713004eecf061989d92c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fe2b8dc40f2c713004eecf061989d92c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/tim-cook-steps-down-as-apple-s-ceo-ylijuhonn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"apple,leadership","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple's CEO"}]} ```