Johny Srouji Named Apple Chief Hardware Officer Amid Leadership Transition

Apple has announced that Johny Srouji will become Chief Hardware Officer, putting him in charge of both hardware engineering and Apple's silicon development.



Srouji, who most recently served as senior vice president of Hardware Technologies, is taking over the Hardware Engineering division previously led by incoming CEO John Ternus. Crucially, Srouji will also retain control of his existing technologies organization, bringing Apple's hardware engineering and silicon development under a single executive.


"Johny is one of the most talented people I have ever had the privilege to work with," current CEO Tim Cook said in a press release. "He has played a singular role in driving Apple's silicon strategy, and his influence has been felt deeply not just inside the company, but across the industry. We are incredibly fortunate to have him as Apple's chief hardware officer."

The promotion answers the immediate question of who would step up following the announcement that Tim Cook will step down as CEO and John Ternus will take over on September 1. It also puts to rest any lingering rumors about Srouji's future at the company. Earlier this year, reports indicated Srouji sent an internal memo reassuring staff he didn't plan on leaving anytime soon amid a wave of executive turnover.

"Johny has been an incredible partner on the executive team, and is going to be an extraordinary chief hardware officer," Ternus said of his successor. "I look forward to continuing to work closely with him in our new roles."

The move brings closer alignment between the components inside a device and the device itself. Srouji's Hardware Technologies team is responsible for key technologies including custom M-series and A-series chips, batteries, camera sensors, displays, cellular modems, and other critical areas across Apple's entire product line. Now, he will also oversee the Hardware Engineering side—the teams that design, build, and test the physical products people buy, working directly with industrial design and software engineering.


Srouji joined Apple in 2008 to lead the development of the A4, the company's very first custom system-on-a-chip. A graduate of Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology, he previously held senior processor design roles at Intel and IBM. Under his leadership, Apple successfully executed the massive Mac transition to Apple Silicon and recently launched the highly advanced M5 processor family.

With Ternus preparing to take the CEO mantle and Cook transitioning to executive chairman, Srouji's elevation to Chief Hardware Officer positions him as one of the most influential executives in Cupertino as Apple plots its hardware roadmap for the next decade.