Design is a Jobsian-level focus for John Ternus

New Apple CEO John Ternus has made design a top priority again, working hands-on in the design studio several times a week. He handed financial strategy and the supply chain to CFO Kevan Parekh and COO Sabih Khan, focusing himself on engineering and design alongside Johny Srouji.

• Ternus visits the design studio several times a week; Cook went about an hour once a month
• Financial strategy and supply chain now handled by CFO Kevan Parekh and COO Sabih Khan
• Apple's design ranks thinned after Jony Ive's 2019 exit and departures to OpenAI
• No external chief design officer search is underway; Ternus may oversee design himself