After 15 years at the helm of tech titan Apple, chief executive Tim Cook will step down from the role this September, handing over the baton to another company veteran, John Ternus. "Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on Sept. 1, 2026," the company said in a statement on Monday. "The transition, whic