Which CEOs will be out before 2027?

Sam Altman is still CEO, but in day-to-day operations, his second in command is running the show.

Greg Brockman on @SquawkCNBC with @andrewrsorkin earlier, responding to OpenAI C-suite shakeup questions: • • SORKIN: Greg, let me ask you a broader question about what’s happening at OpenAI right now, because there have been a number of departures that have been very visible. Fidji Simo at the top. Your CRO effectively left and then was replaced last week. Brad Lightcap, who had been at the company for a very long time and had been the operating chief for quite a long time, left. The head of ethics, after about a year, left. • • What is happening right now, and what should the public take away from this? • • BROCKMAN: Look, I would say that the number one thing we are doing is really focusing. • • We have a strategy, a mission and a set of priorities that we’re executing on. And throughout this whole year, you’ve seen the impacts of that. We’ve really been trying to figure out: How do we bring together our consumer and enterprise businesses to be really unified? • • You’ve seen that with things like ChatGPT Work. You can see that we’re at this inflection point as a business. • • In July, our revenue grew 20% month over month. Within just the enterprise category, 32% growth there. So you can really see that we are moving to create the best possible models, deliver value for our customers and really try to scale systematically to every— • • SORKIN: But Greg, just so we’re on the same page, because I think people are looking at this and they’re asking questions... The chief revenue officer is obviously a hugely important role. I think people are saying to themselves: You hired somebody for that role. They left, and you replaced them. Was that because they weren’t doing it right and you wanted to replace them? Is that because they didn’t like what was going on and wanted to leave on their own? • People asked the same question about Brad. They asked the same question about Fidji.. Can you speak to this? • • BROCKMAN: Yes. Look, I’d say fundamentally that we are a very resilient organization. • • If you look over the years, there have been different eras where we have had different sets of leaders in place. I’m a constant. Sam is a constant. And I think that we are stronger because of that resilience and diversity. • • My view has always been that I try to work with the best people for that moment, and that we have people who have been here for a very long time, laboring behind the scenes, who don’t make the headlines as much. • • Maybe my core point would be: I actually think the difference between OpenAI and other organizations is that we are so much in the spotlight. Every departure gets scrutinized in a way that it doesn’t otherwise. • I actually don’t think it’s that atypical, how we operate and the longevity of people. • • But I would say that we have an amazing leadership bench. I’m super excited about the team that we’re working with. Just over the past year, I look at the set of leaders that I’ve had the pleasure of really being able to elevate and continue to work with, and will work with for the long term. I feel extremely good about that bench and where we’re going.

OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman is considering offering 5% of his company to the United States in a deal negotiated with President Trump if competing AI companies agree to do the same. • • Both OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly preparing to go public, which may be motivating Altman to strengthen ties with the U.S. government, as influence over AI policy could prove crucial to the industry's biggest players. • • Altman reportedly believes giving the public partial ownership of AI companies is the best way to spread the benefits of the rapidly growing sector to the American people.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on the growth of Amazon’s chips business. • Amazon’s chips business saw nearly 40% quarter-over-quarter growth in Q1, and it has momentum.

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#Apple's Market Value Increased 24 Times During Cook's Tenure# [Cook Hands Over to Tenus: #Apple Moves from an Efficiency-Driven Era to an Engineering-Driven One#] #AI Will Be a Major Test for Apple's New CEO# On April 20th, after celebrating its 50th anniversary, Apple Inc. finally dropped a bombshell: 65-year-old Tim Cook will officially step down as CEO on September 1st, becoming Executive Chairman of the Board. Apple's stock price fell slightly by 0.5% in after-hours trading. As expected, the successor was John Ternus, the senior vice president of hardware engineering, who has been repeatedly referred to as Apple's "golden boy". He is not a star manager parachuted in from outside, nor is he the helmsman of the services or software business; rather, he is a typical "Apple internal engineer-type executive." A hardware industry insider told reporters that Apple's choice of its leader itself has already hinted at its future path, shifting from an efficiency-driven approach during the Cook era back to an engineering and product-driven approach. When Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs in 2011, concerns arose about how an operations-oriented CEO could inherit product genius, and whether Apple would become a mediocre company. Now, with Tenus taking over, how to reshape Apple's uniqueness in the "AI revolution" will be a major test for him. Cook handing over the reins to Tenus: Apple is moving from an "efficiency-driven" era to an "engineering-driven" one.

The latest: Apple’s Cook to Hand Reins to Ternus After Record-Setting Tenure

#Apple's market value increased 24 times during Cook's tenure# [#Ternus has always served as Apple's head of hardware#] #Apple officially announces Cook will step down as CEO in September# On Monday local time, Apple's official website announced that after nearly 20 years at the helm of the company, Tim Cook will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, effective September 1 this year. John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as CEO. Ternus currently serves as the tech giant's senior vice president of hardware engineering. Upon assuming the role, Ternus will join Apple's board of directors. On the same day, Apple's non-executive chairman, Arthur Levinson, will become the iPhone maker's lead independent director. During Cook's tenure, Apple's market capitalization increased approximately 24-fold, reaching $4 trillion at Monday's close. In his nearly 15-year tenure, Cook led Apple into the wearable device market, launching products such as the Apple Watch, AirPods, and the Vision Pro virtual reality headset. Tenus is about 15 years younger than Cook and has served as Apple's head of hardware for nearly half of his career. He joined Apple just four years after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in mechanical engineering, and subsequently oversaw the hardware engineering team covering the entire product line, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Vision Pro. He is widely considered a leading successor. [Link to webpage]

Tim Cook will step down as Apple's CEO later this year and be replaced by John Ternus, a senior vice president of hardware engineering, the technology company announced.

Amit Atias Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down after nearly 15 years at the helm of the technology giant. Photo: Reuters

“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,” Cook said. • •

Tim Cook to quit after 15 years at top of Apple tree

Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO

Tim Cook to step down after 15 years at the helm of Apple

Apple shares declined 1% in after-hours trading after the communications hardware firm announced that chief executive Tim Cook will step down after nearly 15 years at the helm. • • More Here →

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker’s hardware leader

Apple chief Tim Cook to step down after nearly 15 years

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO at the beginning of September and become chairman of the company's board of directors. Cook, who has led the company since 2011, will be replaced by John Turing, the head of hardware.

Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO, with John Ternus tapped as successor

Apple has announced that John Ternus, the senior vice president of hardware engineering, will take over as CEO of the company on September 1, 2026, as Tim Cook prepares to step down after 15 years in the role.

Apple CEO Tim Cook to step down later this year with John Ternus named as successor

The company will hand the chief executive job to Apple veteran John Ternus. • • The announcement answers long-simmering questions about who would succeed Cook, 65, and comes as Apple strives to show it is not being left behind in the age of artificial intelligence.

Apple CEO Tim Cook to hand over to John Ternus in September

Tech giant announces: Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook to end nearly 15-year reign leading the iPhone maker

APPLE: JOHN TERNUS TO BECOME CEO, WITH TIM COOK TRANSITIONING TO EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN. ...

APPLE: JOHN TERNUS TO BECOME CEO, WITH TIM COOK TRANSITIONING TO EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN.