Overview
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says he would be shocked if Tim Cook steps down between late January and June next year, calling the Financial Times report premature and simply false.
- He reports few signs inside Apple that indicate an imminent CEO transition.
- Gurman rejects speculation that the FT story was a deliberate trial balloon to gauge market reaction.
- John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, is widely viewed by reporters as the most likely successor when a change eventually occurs.
- Related reporting highlights executive and talent churn, including roughly 40 recent Apple engineering hires by OpenAI’s hardware effort, Johny Srouji evaluating his future, and an ongoing search for an AI leader.