John Ternus
person on 5 shows · 12 statements across 7 episodes · said 217 times in 26 episodes since 2025
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2026 202 mentions in 23 episodes 9 per episode
- Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern
- Apple’s New CEO John Ternus, Ferrari’s First EV | Diet TBPN
- Apple After Tim Cook, OpenAI’s New Mojo, Meta’s Internal Tracking Escapade
- Kimi K3 & AI’s Price War, What’s Happening To Google?, OpenAI’s Partner Trouble
- Apple’s Folding Phone "Duo" Is Here + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic Revisited — With M.G. Siegler
- Did Apple Get AI Spending Right?, Microsoft & OpenAI’s New Reality, Where’s Stargate?
- AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN
- Siri needs an App, OpenAI Acquires health startup Torch, Claude Cowork reactions | Diet TBPN
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2025 15 mentions in 3 episodes 5 per episode
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12 statements about John Ternus, every show
Hays: John Ternus has what it takes to run Apple
“Cook couldn't, couldn't make it to 95 in the seat, but Ternus, I think he got it, what it takes.”
Kantrowitz: Cook and Ternus comp packages look more like co-CEOs
“That feels more like co-CEOs to me than it does. Like one person's the CEO and the other person's the executive chairman.”
Kantrowitz: OpenAI alienating tech allies will eventually cause severe consequences
“OpenAI's loss of these friends over time is going to add up to something really bad. Who knows what that exactly is, but there's gonna come a time where OpenAI's gonna need Satya, or it will need John Ternus, or it will need Elon. And they won't be there for t…”
Kantrowitz: Apple Will Make Big Acquisitions in John Ternus's First Year
“I think Apple's gonna make some big acquisitions in Ternus' first year for him to set the tone that it's gonna be different, and I think that's good.”
Apple plans for John Ternus as CEO, Tim Cook as Executive Chairman
“This is a transition plan with John Ternus, who we should talk about, taking over as CEO, and Tim Cook staying on as executive chairman, and him taking on some of the going to the White House diplomatic kind of roles.”
Dave Morin: Cook's executive chairman role represents an Alphabet-style structural shift
“The CEO job that John Ternus is inheriting is not the CEO job that Tim Cook inherited. Like, this is more of an alphabet moment, I think, for Apple. Like this is a three trillion dollar, four trillion dollar company that is, you know, has an enormously importa…”
Sam Lessin: Cook staying executive chairman allows him to retake CEO role
“If you're executive chairman, then if shit goes wrong, you can step back in. Yeah. It's not a full transition.”
Jessica Lessin: Apple Will Not Hire an External CEO
“They're not going to run a search and hire a CEO from another company to run Apple, unless they're like covering.”
Morin: Apple Cannot Pick a Software Leader as CEO
“Like you can't choose the software people. They are not under the same timelines and same pressure that drive the fundamental business of Apple on a global basis. And so you have a very narrow set of internal choices that you can choose from.”
Kantrowitz: Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO, John Ternus succeeds him
“Tim Cook has stepped down as the CEO of Apple and John Ternus is going to replace him as of September first.”
Stern: John Ternus's hardware focus will be great for Apple
“Now it kind of flips back. It goes back to someone who's very interested in the hardware, the design, the actual products. Which, you know, can only, I think, be great for Apple as the company that makes the best tech out there.”