Apple’s Cook likely to remain ‘in some capacity’ after succession, says Gurman

When Apple’s (AAPL) Tim Cook eventually steps down as CEO, it’s likely he would remain involved in some capacity, perhaps as board chairman, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. In an emergency scenario, new COO Sabih Khan and retail chief Deirdre O’Brien are “capable” of running Apple on a day-to-day basis, but in terms of a formal CEO transition, hardware engineering chief John Ternus remains the leading contender, Gurman says. Several key Apple leaders may be nearing the end of their tenure, including AI chief John Giannandrea, hardware technologies head Johny Srouji, and longtime sustainability and government-affairs executive Lisa Jackson, Gurman writes, adding that internal candidates are being considered for some roles, while leadership searches outside the company signal deeper shifts in Apple’s AI direction.