Apple Taps Sabih Khan As New COO As Jeff Williams Plans Retirement (nerds.xyz)
(Tuesday July 08, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new dept.)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/07/08/2124250/apple-taps-sabih-khan-as-new-coo-as-jeff-williams-plans-retirement
- Source link: https://nerds.xyz/2025/07/apple-coo-transition-jeff-williams-sabih-khan/
[1]BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz:
> Apple is making a high-level leadership change that could significantly shape its future behind the scenes. The company has announced that longtime executive Jeff Williams will [2]step down from his role as Chief Operating Officer later this month . His successor will be Sabih Khan, Apple's Senior Vice President of Operations and a key player in the company's global supply chain strategy. Williams isn't leaving Apple entirely just yet. He'll continue working closely with CEO Tim Cook for the rest of the year, overseeing Apple Watch and health initiatives, as well as leading the company's industrial design team until his retirement. After that, Apple's design team will report directly to Cook.
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> Khan's promotion is part of what Apple describes as a long-planned transition. Cook praised Khan as a "brilliant strategist" who helped Apple reduce its carbon footprint by over 60 percent, expand domestic manufacturing, and remain agile during global supply chain challenges. Khan has been with Apple for 30 years and took on a more prominent executive role in 2019. He has quietly helped the company build one of the most influential supply chains in the world.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli
[2] https://nerds.xyz/2025/07/apple-coo-transition-jeff-williams-sabih-khan/
> Apple is making a high-level leadership change that could significantly shape its future behind the scenes. The company has announced that longtime executive Jeff Williams will [2]step down from his role as Chief Operating Officer later this month . His successor will be Sabih Khan, Apple's Senior Vice President of Operations and a key player in the company's global supply chain strategy. Williams isn't leaving Apple entirely just yet. He'll continue working closely with CEO Tim Cook for the rest of the year, overseeing Apple Watch and health initiatives, as well as leading the company's industrial design team until his retirement. After that, Apple's design team will report directly to Cook.
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> Khan's promotion is part of what Apple describes as a long-planned transition. Cook praised Khan as a "brilliant strategist" who helped Apple reduce its carbon footprint by over 60 percent, expand domestic manufacturing, and remain agile during global supply chain challenges. Khan has been with Apple for 30 years and took on a more prominent executive role in 2019. He has quietly helped the company build one of the most influential supply chains in the world.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli
[2] https://nerds.xyz/2025/07/apple-coo-transition-jeff-williams-sabih-khan/
Who will replace Tim Cook? (Score:2)
by CommunityMember ( 6662188 )
It is a sign of a healthy company to have succession plans in place to replace senior people as they choose to retire. Now, the question might be, who is the Apple's board preferred replacement for Tim Cook? Is it John (Ternus) or Craig (Federighi), or some dark horse candidate?
Senior VP in charge of social justice (Score:2)
“ [1]Sabih Khan [wikipedia.org] .. is responsible for Apple's supplier responsibility programs .. In his role at Apple, Khan's operations department has been responsible for establishing partnerships with green manufacturing suppliers.”
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabih_Khan
Re: (Score:1)
....and....do you have anything to say about that? Or are you just posting random shit about his background for your own amusement?