(FILES) Apple CEO Tim Cook(R) gets a closer look at the new iPad and applications at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago,Illinois on March 27, 2018. Apple's chief executive Tim Cook hands over the company's reins to it's vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus on September 1, 2026. Cook spent nearly three decades at Apple, which he has led as CEO since 2011. (Photo by JIM YOUNG / AFP via Getty Images)