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Jeff Williams, Chief Operations Director of Apple Inc., during the Apple WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertin, California, USA, Monday, June 9, 2025.
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Apple On Tuesday, a 27-year-old veteran of the company, which is engaged in a 27-year-old veteran of the company, will retire at the end of this year.
Current Leader Sabih Khan will take over most of the role of the director this month, Apple said at A Apple press -release. Over his remaining time with Williams will continue to manage Apple Watch and Health design team, reporting the CEO Tim Cook.
Williams becomes last old Apple executive by retreat As key employees who actively acted during the company’s growth, reach retirement age. 62 -year -old Williams previously headed the Grozny Apple Operations Division, which is responsible for making millions of sophisticated devices such as iPhones while maintaining costs.
He also headed important teams in Apple, including in the fighters of industrial design, after the longtime leader Johnny Wiv retired in 2019. When Williams resign, Apple’s design team will inform CEO Tim Cook, Apple said.
“He helped create one of the most respected global supply networks in the world; launched Apple Watch and oversaw its development; the architecture” assembled “and led our team of world -class designers with great wisdom, heart and devotion,” Cook said in a statement.
Williams said he plans more time with friends and family.
“June celebrated my 27th anniversary with Apple and my 40th in this field,” Williams said in the release.
Williams leaves Apple at a time when its famous supply chain is under considerable pressure like the US imposes tariffs In many countries where the apple exposes their devices and the White House officials are publicly Apple’s pressure To transfer more production to the US
Khan was added to the Apple executive team in 2019, accepting the senior vice president. On Tuesday, Apple said it would lead a supply chain, product quality, planning, purchases and implementation in Apple.
The leader of the operations joined the Apple procurement group in 1995 and before that worked as an engineer and technical leader in GE Plastics. It has a bachelor’s degree from a tufeS university and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in North New York.
Khan cooperated closely with Cook. One day, during the meeting, when Cook said the problem of production was “really bad”, Khan got up and went to the airport, and immediately booked a flight to China to fix it, reports an Anecdote published in Fortune.
