$JOHN — Same Guy. Bigger Numbers.
number go up?
New Apple CEO
$JOHN

Same Guy.
Bigger Numbers.

From Apple hardware engineering to the CEO chair. Same ecosystem, much bigger title — and now the compensation numbers are getting interesting.

Hardware → CEO → Number Go Up
CEO Annual Base Salary
$3M
CEO compensation era · 2026
↗
2001 Joined Apple engineer
2013 VP Hardware level up
2021 SVP Hardware bigger chair
2026 Apple CEO up only
$3M
Annual
Salary
$2.5M
FY26 Target
Stock Award
$55M
FY27 Target
Equity
About / The Climb

Salary
Over The Years

John Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and climbed through its hardware organization before becoming Senior VP of Hardware Engineering. Then came the CEO chair.

bigger title.
bigger numbers.