A day-one briefing for Apple’s new CEO

September 1, 2026 Allison Johnson

Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus greets members of the media.
Big J has his work cut out for him. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Executive Summary, Day One
📁 Inbox 5:05AM
To: Ternus, John <jternus@apple.com>
Reply-to: CEO-transition-team@apple.com

Welcome to your first day as CEO! Hopefully you're finding your new office spacious and comfortable. If you have trouble with any of the doors just ping us - being a Jony Ive design, you won't find anything as unsightly as a door handle here!

Today's memo includes a summary of the business, broken out by division. The day's schedule is also attached; please note that the Apple Intelligence team needed to delay the new Siri discussion until a later date, but they promise they're "for real" this time.

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