Longtime Apple mainstays who helped reinvent the company are also nearing the end of their careers. Half of them joined before the year 2000, and the age gap between CEO Cook and his most likely successor, operating chief Williams, is only about two years. There are quite a few vice presidents at Apple who have been there for decades and could retire in the next few years.Īpple’s highest layer is in a similar position: 10 of its top 12 executives are about the same age. Moreover, I’ve been warned that this flurry of exits may just be the beginning. But in the case of its design and services vice presidents, among others, Apple lost executives in the prime of their careers who could have, one day, potentially reached the senior vice president level. Most of the recent departures were of Apple veterans, people who have been at the company 15-plus years. Similarly, Apple didn’t replace its chief privacy officer. Instead, it’s having the individual members of the design team report to Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams.

But in the case of Evans Hankey, the company’s outgoing head of industrial design, Apple couldn’t find a replacement. In those examples, Apple had successors who could step up - or at least some executives who could take on the departed employee’s responsibilities. Cloud chief Michael Abbott’s role will be assumed by Jeff Robbin, vice president of services engineering, starting in April. The role of services honcho Peter Stern was split between Apple Music VP Oliver Schusser, service design head Robert Kondrk and Corporate Development VP Adrian Perica. Software VP John Stauffer was replaced by two direct reports: Jeremy Sandmel and David Biderman.

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