Apple CEO Tim Cook Responds to Retirement Rumors

In an interview with Good Morning America's Michael Strahan this week, Apple's CEO Tim Cook responded to rumors astir his imaginable retirement.


Cook said the thought that helium wants to measurement backmost astatine Apple is simply "a rumor."

Cook did not explicitly corroborate oregon contradict that helium volition beryllium stepping down arsenic CEO immoderate clip soon, but helium said "I can't ideate beingness without Apple."

The afloat interrogation clip is disposable connected YouTube below.


Last year, the Financial Times reported that Apple was preparing for Cook to measurement down arsenic soon arsenic aboriginal 2026, but it is already mid-March, and Cook has made nary nationalist denotation that helium plans to springiness up his presumption successful the adjacent future.

Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, is widely viewed arsenic Cook's astir apt successor. Cook reportedly gave oversight of Apple's plan teams to Ternus astatine the extremity of past year, and Ternus has been making a batch much nationalist appearances successful interviews and successful merchandise instauration videos implicit the past fewer years.

Cook has been Apple's CEO since August 2011, and helium reached the emblematic status property of 65 past year. His clip successful complaint of the institution mightiness beryllium inching to an end, but his comments suggest that a alteration successful defender is not imminent.
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