By Priyanka Deshpande
CNBC-TV18.com
Published May 9, 2024
Tim Cook took over as Apple's CEO over a decade ago, succeeding Steve Jobs, and transformed the company into a multi-trillion dollar giant.
Cook, who is turning 65 next year, is older than most CEOs in the S&P 500 and has served Apple for 25 years. With Cook approaching retirement age, speculation is rife about his successor.
In Bloomberg’s recent podcast, Mark Gurman joined host David Gura to speculate on who might eventually take the crown. Take a look at his potential successors.
Cook's current Chief Operating Officer (COO), Williams oversees all of Apple's operations and many equate him to "Tim Cook's Tim Cook." But the issue is, he is just two years younger than Cook.
Craig Federighi leads software engineering at Apple. Yet, Gurman doubts Federighi's business acumen qualifies him to lead the entire company.
Deirdre O'Brien manages Apple’s global retail operations, but according to Gurman, Apple likely won't choose another operations or HR executive.
Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus quickly rose through the ranks and is currently in charge of all of the money making hardware for Apple.