Apple gave Tim Cook a farewell party a week before Ternus takes over

Apple hosted a farewell party for Tim Cook on Sunday, with roughly 200 employees at the Cupertino campus. Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeff Williams, Eddy Cue and John Ternus gave remarks. Cook publicly acknowledged his partner, Mike. Effective 1 September, Cook becomes executive chairman; Ternus, Apple’s hardware-engineering chief since 2001, assumes the CEO role, overseeing the upcoming iPhone launch, expanding the film business and reviving the design studio.