Phil Schiller is leaving his biggest jobs at Apple
Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue “working on unspecified initiatives,” Bloomberg reports.
Schiller initially joined Apple in 1987 and became the company’s head of marketing in 1997. He helped launch the App Store alongside Steve Jobs in 2008, but only started heading up the store in 2015. Over the years, Schiller has played a role in the development of many of Apple’s products, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Macs, and has presented several of them at the company’s launch events. In recent years, Schiller has started stepping away from some of these responsibilities, as he relinquished his role as senior vice president of marketing to Greg Joswiak in 2020.
The news comes just one day before hardware leader John Ternus is set to take over for Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is stepping down on September 1st. As reported by Bloomberg, Apple is moving the App Store division under services head Eddy Cue, while Carson Oliver will continue to lead the store with the help of Ann Thai, who is in charge of app distribution tools and third-party marketplaces.
Apple didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment.
Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue “working on unspecified initiatives,” Bloomberg reports. Schiller initially joined Apple in…
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