Apple Coo Jeff Williams retires

Apple announced that Sabih Khan, the company’s deputy head of operations, will take over Jeff Williams as CEO of Operations later this month. in Tuesday announcementApple said this step is part of the “long -standing caliphate” and Williams retired at the end of this year.

Williams, who supervised the introduction of iPod and iPhone, as well as Apple Watch, Coo set In 2015, he was seen as a possible successor to CEO Tim Cook and It was called Tim Cook Tim Cook. Other potential candidates inside Apple It is said It includes the head of devices engineering, John Turnos, the Commander of the software engineering, Craig Fergui.

Later this month, Khan will take over the role of CO, while Williams will continue to supervise the design and the Apple Apple Initiative to retire. In March, Bloomberg I mentioned Williams is “strongly involved” in a plan to renew the health application through an Amnesty International health trainer It is rumored to launch next year.

The design team, which was submitting reports to Williams After leaving From the Apple Evans Hankey designer in 2023, the reports will start directly to the CEO of Apple Tim Cook later this year after Williams, according to Apple’s press statement.

Khan worked at Apple for 30 years and became the Vice President of Operations in 2019. He was leading the Apple global supply chain that produces more than 200 million iPhone devices every year, and now faces new challenges as Trump and China Square were stopped in a commercial war.

Williams joined Apple in 1998, where he helped build the company’s supply chain and “led the effort on Apple Watch more than a decade ago, and according to the company’s health strategy,” according to the press statement.

In the press statement, Williams wrote, “Working with all the amazing people in this company was a privilege of life, and I cannot thank Tim enough for the opportunity, his inspiring leadership, and our friendship over the years … June celebrated the twenty -seventh anniversary of Apple, and 40th in industry.

Update, July 8: Add more details about the transition.