On Thursday, December 17 (Star Wars day, for many), Apple took some time in the morning to announce a shuffling of executives.
In an official press release distributed from Apple’s site, the company has announced that Jeff Williams, who previously had filled the Senior Vice President of Operations role, has officially been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. For those keeping track, that means Williams is taking over the role previously filled by Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook.
“We are fortunate to have incredible depth and breadth of talent across Apple’s executive team. As we come to the end of the year, we’re recognizing the contributions already being made by two key executives,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Jeff is hands-down the best operations executive I’ve ever worked with, and Johny’s team delivers world-class silicon designs which enable new innovations in our products year after year.”
Phil Schiller is keeping his role as the Senior Vice President of Marketing, but will also be taking on some extra responsibilities by overseeing all of the App Stores under Apple’s umbrella:
“With added responsibility for the App Store, Phil Schiller will focus on strategies to extend the ecosystem Apple customers have come to love when using their iPhone, iPad®, Mac®, Apple Watch and Apple TV®. Phil now leads nearly all developer-related functions at Apple, in addition to his other marketing responsibilities including Worldwide Product Marketing, international marketing, education and business marketing. More than 11 million developers around the world create apps for Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, OS X®, watchOS™ and tvOS™ — as well as compatible hardware and other accessories, and customers have downloaded more than 100 billion apps across those platforms.”
You can read Apple’s official press release through the link below, where the company has other announcements regarding new additions to the executive slate.
[via Apple]
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