John Ternus, Apple VP of Hardware Engineering, speaks about the new Mac Pro during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S., on June 3, 2019.
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Until April 20, when Apple announced its next chief executive, most people would not have heard the name John Ternus. But to insiders, the man was instrumental in building the company’s most valuable products. From the iPod to iPhone Air, and even the recent MAC Neo, Mr. Ternus’s signature is on almost all devices designed at Cupertino.
The man himself is a product of Apple as he has spent the past quarter century at the Silicon Valley giant, supporting CEO Tim Cook to grow Apple from a $350-billion company to a $4-trillion behemoth.
Published – April 21, 2026 01:16 pm IST
