"There's also the squad of Apple staffers who have been lured away to work with OpenAI, notably Apple's former chief design officer Jony Ive after his independent stint at LoveFrom. In 2024, Molly Anderson was named industrial design leader, heading up a team of mostly fresh faces. Others have gone to Meta, such as Apple's VP of human interface design, Alan Dye, who just this week was poached to head up a new Reality Labs design studio. At Apple, he's been replaced by long-time UI designer Stephen Lemay. Phew."
"In this swirl of shifting talent, John Ternus, who has worked for Apple since 2001, and served as SVP of hardware engineering for the last four years, reporting directly to Tim Cook, is emerging as the frontrunner to succeed Cook as Apple CEO, reportedly as soon as next year. WIRED asked Apple for comment but didn't hear back before publication."
Apple is undergoing executive turnover with several longtime leaders retiring or reducing responsibilities, including Jeff Williams and Lisa Jackson. Multiple design and engineering staff have left for OpenAI and Meta, including notable departures such as Jony Ive and Alan Dye, and internal promotions like Molly Anderson and Stephen Lemay. John Ternus, an Apple hardware veteran and SVP of hardware engineering, has become the frontrunner to replace Tim Cook as CEO, appearing more frequently at product events and public appearances. Succession speculation and internal repositioning are shaping leadership and design teams ahead of potential near-term leadership change.
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