Apple's John Ternus Moves to Restore Design Clout Before September 1 CEO Succession

3 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Jun 21

September 1 is the target date for John Ternus to take over as Apple CEO, and Bloomberg reports he is already working to elevate the industrial design group inside the company.
That shift follows a decade in which design lost influence after Jony Ive’s exit, with finance and operations gaining more control and no senior design chief currently in place.
Ternus has spent considerable time with the design team and has framed Apple’s mission around keeping its products the most beautifully designed devices customers own.
Apple’s public positioning already casts Ternus as the face of recent hardware design wins, and his first major launch as CEO is expected to be a foldable iPhone this fall.