据外媒报道，当地时间4月20日，苹果正式宣布蒂姆·库克（Tim Cook）将于9月1日卸任CEO，转任董事会执行董事长。

现任硬件工程高级副总裁约翰·特努斯（John Ternus）将接任CEO，成为苹果继乔布斯、库克之后的第三位正式CEO。

这场酝酿已久的交接，既代表着“库克时代”即将收官，也让特努斯站到了全球科技舞台的最中央。



01

再见，蒂姆·库克

Tim Cook

Tim Cook, the executive who led Apple to become a $4 trillion company and defined its identity in the post-Steve Jobs era, is stepping down as CEO, Apple said on Monday.

苹果公司周一宣布，带领公司迈入“4万亿美元市值”并在后乔布斯时代塑造其发展定位的首席执行官蒂姆·库克将卸任。

John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will take over as CEO effective September 1. Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and will remain as CEO through the summer to ensure a smooth transition, the company said.

苹果公司表示，现任硬件工程高级副总裁约翰·特努斯将于9月1日起接任首席执行官一职。库克将转任董事会执行主席，并在今年夏季继续履行首席执行官职责，以确保平稳过渡。



“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 in a press release.

库克在新闻稿中表示：“能够担任苹果公司首席执行官，并被信任领导这样一家卓越的企业，是我一生中最大的荣幸。”

Cook, who became Apple’s CEO in 2011 after serving as its chief operating officer, was responsible for pushing Apple beyond the handful of products the company was initially known for, such as the Mac, iPod and iPhone. Under Cook’s leadership, Apple became a significant player in new areas like entertainment, health and wearables.

库克从2011年起担任苹果首席执行官。在他的带领下，苹果不再局限于Mac、iPod和iPhone等起家产品，而是成功进军娱乐、医疗和智能穿戴等新兴领域，并成为了这些行业的领军者。



02

你好，约翰·特努斯

John Ternus

Ternus has spent a quarter of a century at Apple. He joined the company’s product design team in 2001 and eventually became a vice president of hardware engineering in 2013. Apple promoted him to the executive team in 2021, when he became senior vice president of hardware engineering.

特努斯在苹果公司的职业生涯已长达25年。他于2001年加入公司产品设计团队，并于2013年升任硬件工程副总裁。2021年，他晋升为硬件工程高级副总裁，正式进入苹果的核心管理层。

He worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems before joining Apple and he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, according to the press release.

根据新闻稿介绍，在加入苹果之前，他曾在 Virtual Research Systems 公司担任机械工程师。他拥有宾夕法尼亚大学机械工程学士学位。



He played a major role in the development of products like the iPad and AirPods, according to Apple. He most recently led the introduction of the MacBook Neo, Apple’s first low-cost MacBook, last month.

苹果公司表示，特努斯在 iPad 和 AirPods 等产品的开发中发挥了重要作用。就在上个月，他还主导推出了苹果首款低价版笔记本电脑 MacBook Neo。



“I am humbled to step into this role, and I promise to lead with the values and vision that have come to define this special place for half a century,” Ternus said in a press release.

特努斯在新闻稿中表示：“能够担任这一职务，我深感荣幸。我将秉持半个世纪以来塑造这家公司的价值观和愿景，引领公司继续前行。”

Ternus will take the helm during a pivotal year for Apple, which is expected to include a revamp of popular products like Siri and the iPhone. Apple will likely introduce the long-awaited Siri update during its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, which could help Apple catch up to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. And Apple is reportedly planning to release the first foldable iPhone in September, according to Bloomberg.

特努斯接手掌舵之际，正值苹果的关键之年。外界预计苹果将在今年对其核心产品进行重大革新，其中包括备受期待的 Siri 和 iPhone。据悉，苹果很可能在 6 月的全球开发者大会上发布 Siri 的重大更新，此举有望帮助苹果在人工智能领域追赶 OpenAI 的 ChatGPT 和谷歌的 Gemini。此外，据彭博社报道，苹果还计划在 9 月推出其首款折叠屏 iPhone。



重点词汇：

trillion：万亿

leadership：领导，领导地位

low-cost：廉价的；价格便宜的

humbled：谦卑的; 谦逊的

foldable：可折叠的

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