Gurman: Tim Cook Likely to Remain Apple CEO Until at Least Mid-2026

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Earlier this month, the Financial Times reported that Apple is preparing for Tim Cook to measurement down arsenic CEO of the institution "as soon arsenic adjacent year."

While the study said that Apple is improbable to sanction a caller CEO earlier its adjacent net study successful precocious January, it went connected to explicate that an announcement aboriginal successful the twelvemonth would let for a creaseless enactment transition, up of Apple's yearly developers league WWDC successful June and iPhone lawsuit successful September.

However, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said helium would beryllium "shocked" if Cook steps down betwixt precocious January and June adjacent year.

"Based connected everything I've learned successful caller weeks, I don't judge a departure by the mediate of adjacent twelvemonth is likely," said Gurman, in his Power On newsletter today. "In fact, I would beryllium shocked if Cook steps down successful the clip framework outlined by the FT."

There person been "few signs internally" that Cook is astir to measurement down, helium added.

Gurman described the Financial Times study arsenic "premature" and "simply false."

Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, is wide viewed arsenic Cook's astir apt successor whenever the clip comes.

Cook, who turned 65 this year, has been Apple's CEO since August 2011.