New Delhi, April 22 (IANS). Google CEO Sundar Pichai praised his tenure at Apple and congratulated him on his new role as executive chairman of the company.
Pichai said on social media platform
Earlier, on getting the new role at Apple, Cook thanked users and stakeholders, saying, “I want to thank you all for your immense love and express my gratitude for trusting me to lead a company that has always kept you at the center of my work.”
“This isn’t goodbye. This is a welcome to John and I can’t wait for you to get to know him as well as you know me,” he wrote on X.
Effective September 1, 2026, Tim Cook will step down as CEO and will be replaced by John Ternes, senior vice president of hardware engineering.
Cook had been leading the company since 2011. Now he will hold the post of Executive Chairman, which is a new post in the company. In this he will talk to global policy makers and cooperate with the company in selected matters.
“Becoming CEO of Apple has been the greatest privilege of my life,” Cook said in an official statement. He also praised Turnus as a brilliant engineer, an innovator and a person who leads with integrity.
Turnus, 50, started working on Apple’s product design team in 2001 and was gradually promoted to senior vice president in 2021.
He has overseen hardware engineering across Apple’s product portfolio and played a central role in the development of iPads, AirPods, and multiple generations of iPhones and Macs.
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