Tim Cook has led Apple to become the world's most valuable company, achieving a market capitalization that topped $2 trillion. The next group of leaders will need to navigate rising global antitrust concerns and build stronger relationships with app developers.
Apple's leadership exodus includes significant figures like Lisa Jackson and Kate Adams, whose retirements will reshape the company's approach to environment, policy, and legal affairs.
The Mac reached a series of low points in the Tim Cook era: the fiasco of the butterfly keyboard, the clunky transition to USB-C, the underutilized potential of the Touch Bar, and the occasionally lackluster Intel chip performance.