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Apple CEO Tim Cook has been the top face of the tech giant since 2011. However, the 63-year-old CEO could be succeeded by John Ternus, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Not only that, the tech giant could also face a challenge to replace its other top executives because of their similar age groups a few years after Cook.

Coming to Cook's rumoured replacement, John Ternus is responsible for hardware engineering and could serve as a long-term successor of the present CEO. Apart from Ternus, Gurman also speculates a possibility for COO Jeff Williams to fill in the shoes if Cook moved on in the "nearer term".

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Besides Cook, the Bloomberg Chief Correspondent shared department-wise details of possible successors that may take up top roles as replacements for the current executives. Jeff Williams, the current boss of operations, could be replaced by his deputy, Senior VP Sabih Khan. Coming to finance, CFO and Senior VP Luca Maestri is reportedly grooming finance VP Kevan Parekh for the role.

Apple's General Counsel Katherine Adams could be succeeded by Kyle Andeer or BJ Watrous. In the software engineering division, Craig Federighi, Senior VP of Software Engineering, may serve for a while in his role. Later, he may be replaced by Sebastien Marineau or Jon Andrews. As for the hardware engineering department, if Ternus replaces Cook, the role has a range of names that may take over.

Kate Bergeron, Deniz Teoman, Eugene Kim or Mike Rockwell (who launched the Vision Pro) could serve in the role. Moreover, Johny Srouji, who is responsible for the hardware technologies vertical may serve for a while in the role. However, Sri Santhanam or Tim Millet may take over the roles in the future.

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As for marketing, Bob Borchers or Kaiann Drance could carry forward the role served by Greg "Joz" Joswiak, the Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing. With the rise of AI, John Giannandrea's (Senior VP of Machine Learning and AI Strategy) successor could be Kevin Lynch after his term completion.

Plus, the services department managed by Eddy Cue could see the arrival of Oliver Schusser or Jeff Robbin. The retail division's Deirdre O'Brien could be swapped by Vanessa Trigub on an interim basis. After Lisa Jackson, VP of Vice President Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives retirement, Sarah Chandler may be the new face in the role.