Apple’s chief operating officer plans to hand the role off this month and retire later this year after roughly a decade as the tech giant’s No. 2 under Chief Executive Tim Cook.

Apple has announced that Sabih Khan, the company’s vice president of operations, will take over for Jeff Williams as chief operating officer later this month. In an announcement on Tuesday, Apple said the move is part of a “long-planned succession” that has Williams retiring at the end of this year.

Apple is having a little corporate restructuring where its design team will now report to the company’s CEO, Tim Cook.

There are a lot of normal ways that I assume Tim Cook was informed of Apple COO Jeff Williams’ departure, but I like to think it was a surprise. Not just any surprise either. Im

Operations king Jeff Williams abdicates – just don't give him a watch Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is stepping down from his role next month and leaving the company later this year to spend more time with friends and family.