Updated:According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, Apple's senior vice president of hardware technology, Johny Srouji, said he "loves the team and his work at Apple" and emphasized that he "has no plans to leave at present."
Apple chips chief Johny Srouji to his division this morning: "I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon." https://t.co/qhJNq1Ny2g https://t.co/3N8vYRnTcf
- Mark Gurman (@markgurman) December 8, 2025
Apple's management has been in turmoil recently, and the latest personnel changes are rumored to potentially affect the company's core chip division. According to a Bloomberg News report...Refers toJohny Srouji, the current senior vice president of hardware technology at Apple who is responsible for developing Apple Silicon chips, has reportedly expressed to CEO Tim Cook his intention to "seriously consider leaving the company soon."
If the key figure in the chip industry leaves, he will move to another company.
Since joining Apple in 2008, Johny Srouji led the development of Apple's first in-house system-on-a-chip (SoC) and successfully guided Apple through the historic transition from Intel processors to its own Apple Silicon (M-series). Therefore, Johny Srouji's departure will undoubtedly impact Apple's much-vaunted hardware performance advantage.
The report, citing sources, indicates that unlike some executives who have chosen to retire, Johny Srouji, if he leaves Apple, does not intend to retire but plans to join another company. His specific destination is currently unknown, but given his position in the semiconductor industry, his move is bound to attract industry attention.
Major reshuffle at the top: AI, design, legal, and environmental leaders all resign.
Johny Srouji's departure is not an isolated incident, but the latest addition to a series of recent high-level personnel changes at Apple.
• John Giannandrea:The senior vice president in charge of machine learning and AI strategy announced earlier this month...He will retire in the spring of 2026..
• Alan Dye:The Vice President in charge of interface design,Rumors suggest he will switch jobs to Meta. (Previous reports indicated that he would lead Reality Labs’ new creative studio).
• Kate Adams (Chief Legal Officer) and Lisa Jackson (Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives):Both are expected to leave the company in early 2026.
Tim Cook has no plans to retire yet.
With the significant reshuffle in management, the outside world is paying close attention to Tim Cook's succession plans. While the Financial Times previously reported that Apple was accelerating Tim Cook's succession plans and predicted he might step down sometime next year, subsequent reports indicated that Tim Cook...Still not ready to retire.
With so many veterans leaving, it remains to be seen whether Tim Cook will choose to stay to stabilize morale, or whether this wave of departures is a preparation for team restructuring before a new CEO takes office.
