A day-one briefing for Apple’s new CEO

<figure> <img alt="Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus greets members of the media." data-caption="Big J has his work cut out for him. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/DSC03687_processed.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Big J has his work cut out for him. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executive Summary, Day One <br>&eth;&#159;&#147;&#129; Inbox 5:05AM<br>To: Ternus, John &lt;jternus@apple.com&gt;<br>Reply-to: CEO-transition-team@apple.com</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Welcome to your first day as CEO! Hopefully you're finding your new office spacious and comfortable. If you have trouble with any of the doors just ping us - being a Jony Ive design, you won't find anything as unsightly as a door handle here! </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today's memo includes a summary of the business, broken out by division. The day's schedule is also attached; please note that the Apple Intelligence team needed to delay the new Siri discussion until a later date, but they promise they're "for real" this time. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hardware</strong><br>Everything …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/987066/john-ternus-day-one-apple-ceo-briefing">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>