What Does The Future Look Like For Apple After Tim Cook Steps Down?

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of Apple following Tim Cook's resignation and the challenges faced by his successor, John Ternus.

This week, Apple announced that Tim Cook would be stepping down as its CEO after nearly 15 years in the role, with head of hardware engineering, John Ternus, succeeding him in September. What does the future hold for the company, and what are the biggest challenges facing Ternus when he takes over? Andy O’Donoghue joins Matt on Thursday’s The Last Word. Hit the ‘Play’ button on this page to hear the piece.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Cooper

Guest: Andy O’Donoghue

Topics covered

• Apple
• Tim Cook
• John Ternus
• CEO transition
• future challenges
• technology

Keywords

• Apple
• Tim Cook
• John Ternus
• CEO
• technology
• future
• challenges

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Organizations: Apple, Today FM

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