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didn't know Apple CEO Tim Cook is gay
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/technology/tim-cook-apple-ceo-steps-down.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.qm02.5K3bxqIOW-dL&smid=url-share
Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O.
The longtime leader of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering.
Tim Cook joined Apple in 1998 and was its chief operating officer under the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times
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Kalley HuangTripp Mickle
By Kalley Huang and Tripp Mickle
Reporting from San Francisco
April 20, 2026
Updated 6:36 p.m. ET
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Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said on Monday that he would step down after nearly 15 years running an operation that rode the wild popularity of the
iPhone to become one of the most influential and valuable companies in the world.
Mr. Cook, 65, will move into a new role as Apple’s executive chairman in September and be succeeded in the company’s corner office by John Ternus, the
50-year-old head of Apple’s hardware engineering.
The resignation of Mr. Cook will end one of the most successful management runs in the history of American business. During his tenure, Apple’s annual profit
quadrupled to more than $110 billion, while its value ballooned more than tenfold to $4 trillion.
Mr. Cook replaced the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs shortly before Mr. Jobs’s death in 2011, having earned a reputation for perfecting the nuts and bolts of a
global consumer electronics business. Apple has since defined how a modern technology company operates, with products assembled in a supply chain that stretches
from the giant operations that Mr. Cook helped create in China to India and Brazil and a popular retail business that operates on five continents.
“He stepped into the world’s biggest shoes — the biggest shoes that anybody on the planet has ever had to step into — and he’s done an amazing job,”
said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s chief financial officer from 2004 to 2014.
Mr. Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and rose through its ranks as he oversaw the development of Macs and iPads. He will be Apple’s eighth chief executive since
its founding 50 years ago and its third since Mr. Jobs returned in 1997 to pull the company from the brink of bankruptcy.
“I am filled with optimism about what we can achieve in the years to come,” Mr. Ternus said in a statement. “I promise to lead with the values and vision
that have come to define this special place for half a century,” he added.
ImageJohn Ternus, wearing a black T-shirt, stands on a stage with colorful images behind him.
John Ternus, shown in 2017, will be Apple’s eighth chief executive since its founding 50 years ago. Credit...Stephen Lam/Reuters
Mr. Ternus will take over a company that has not created a new mainstream product in a number of years and faces questions about its business. Apple has lost
several top executives in recent months, worrying investors about the depth of its next generation of managers and its long-term strategy, particularly with
artificial intelligence. The company has largely stayed on the sidelines as the rest of the technology industry has committed to spending hundreds of billions
of dollars developing A.I.
Apple is also navigating increasingly choppy political waters, including whiplash over the Trump administration’s tariffs, a looming antitrust trial and
geopolitical tensions with China.
In recent years, Mr. Cook, out of necessity, had become the technology industry’s leading diplomat, making regular visits to Washington and Beijing to try to
manage the often conflicting agendas of President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader. As executive chair, he “will assist with certain aspects of the
company, including engaging with policymakers around the world,” Apple said in a press statement.
“This is not goodbye,” Mr. Cook said in a letter on Apple’s website. But, he added, it is a “moment of transition.”
Mr. Cook led Apple's growth in China, and he met several times with Xi Jinping, China's leader, pictured on the right shaking Mr. Cook's hand.Credit...Chang W.
Lee/The New York Times; Pool photo by Ted S. Warren
Apple remains one of the most profitable companies in the world, thanks to the stability of sales of its iPhones, products like the Apple Watch, and services
including iCloud and Apple Pay.
Mr. Cook joined Apple in 1998 from the computer maker Compaq, transformed how Apple managed its product inventory and became its chief operating officer in
2007. In a 2010 commencement speech at Auburn University, he said Apple and Mr. Jobs had provided him with “the opportunity to engage in truly meaningful work
every day.”
Image
Mr. Cook and Steve Jobs, both in jeans and dark sweaters, sit next to each other on stools on a stage.
Mr. Cook, shown with Mr. Jobs in 2007, “stepped into the world’s biggest shoes,” a former Apple executive said.Credit...David Paul Morris/Getty Images
Although Mr. Cook rarely discussed his personal life, other than his childhood in Alabama and his college years at Auburn, he also became one of the most
prominent gay executives in corporate America.
Despite years of success, Mr. Cook never shook the perception that he was not a technological visionary like Mr. Jobs. When he took over the helm of Apple in
2011, the release of new iPhones had already become cultural touchstones, as closely watched as the latest blockbusters from Hollywood.
“It’s very difficult to innovate when you’re the size of Apple,” said Mike Slade, who advised Apple and Mr. Jobs on product and marketing strategy from
1998 to 2004. He added that Mr. Cook’s legacy was “continuous improvement in every aspect and fantastic new products.”
Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:09:38 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
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i’ve always known he is gay and from alabama.
Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:25:53 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
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he wasn’t a bad ceo tbh. apple has sucked though the past 5 years and not sure anybody can fix that. steve jobs had a certain magic that others haven’t
replicated. i bet the epstein list rumors will start soon with tim cook. just waiting for somebody to say he stepped down because he will be named. john ternus
is sort of late gen x. born in 75. tim cook was a late boomer born in 60. they bring different energy.
Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:42:25 -0700
doublefriedchicken from private IP
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He and Cowgod are the most famous Auburn grads.
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