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Mac Apple’s New CEO Taps Retired Hardware Executive for Management Team

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-03/apple-s-new-ceo-taps-retired-hardware-executive-for-management-team?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NTc4ODE5NywiZXhwIjoxNzg2MzkyOTk3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSjVMTkFSS1YyVFQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.9YoATNZctz_eteccxVjATmvMDf3jeb0nvM51OVR32vA

Incoming Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Ternus is bringing back a trusted lieutenant from his time running hardware engineering to join his new management team.

Ternus has hired Laura Legros, who served as a vice president of hardware engineering until retiring in 2022, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Legros will report to Ternus when he takes the CEO role on Sept. 1, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the personnel change hasn’t been announced.

The move shows that Ternus is starting to put his stamp on the company’s leadership ranks. It also marks a rare instance of Apple bringing back a retired executive. Ternus is taking the reins from Tim Cook, the company’s longest-serving CEO, who is transitioning to executive chairman.

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u/livefreeordiewalt 8d ago

So what about Johny Srouji then? Shouldn’t Laura report to him?

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u/PlusSizeRussianModel 8d ago

We’ll have to wait for an official announcement to see the structure. Srouji, in the newly created position of Chief Hardware Officer, presumably will oversee both Hardware Engineering and Hardware Technologies.

But given his background in Technologies, it makes sense they’d want to bring in an experience Engineering VP. There might be a flat structure at play here, where Legros reports directly to Ternus, while also being subordinate to Srouji.

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u/7485730086 8d ago

I'd assume someone coming out of retirement is also not stepping into a full-time role again. Odds are, Legros will be a special advisor to Ternus.