John Ternus is the CEO of Apple and serves on the company’s board of directors. Before becoming CEO, he joined Apple’s product design team in 2001, became vice president of Hardware Engineering in 2013, and joined the executive team in 2021 as senior vice president of Hardware Engineering. Prior to Apple, he worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems. He is known for overseeing hardware engineering work across products including iPad, AirPods, iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch, and for leading work on reliability, durability, materials, hardware design, and repairability.
Updated 4 September 2026
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