Notes
Short notes on events of John Ternus's transition to Apple CEO. Each note is factual, dated with a build number, and recorded with a primary source.
Short notes recording events of John Ternus’s transition to Apple CEO. This section is the factual record of what happens and when — different from /en/analysis/, which makes arguments.
Each note carries a build number (b.YYYY.MM.DD / rev N) which is the honest stamp of when the document was written and revised. Notes are corrected in place when new public information surfaces, with rev incremented.
The notes
- Succession announcement — 2026-04-20 — Apple officially confirms Ternus will become CEO on September 1, 2026. Everything we know in the first hours after the official communiqué.
More notes coming
As the transition unfolds and Ternus officially takes over on 2026-09-01, new notes recording events will be added here. Coverage planned:
- WWDC 2026 (June) — Cook’s last WWDC as CEO.
- September/October 2026 Apple event — Ternus’s possible first event as CEO.
- 2026-09-01 — Ternus’s first day officially in the role.
- Q4 FY26 earnings call — Ternus’s first earnings as CEO.
See also:
- Analysis — long-form essays on the transition.
- Succession — full transition context.
- Timeline — all career milestones for Ternus.