Jeff Williams and the Apple Machine
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Today’s update will serve as a wrap to our Jeff Williams / Sabih Khan / Apple COO transition discussion. On Tuesday, we went over my initial thoughts regarding Apple's announcement. Yesterday, we focused specifically on Apple CEO succession which has been thrust into the spotlight given the COO transition. For today's update, we will focus on Jeff Williams.
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Jeff Williams and the Apple Machine
Without the CEO title next to his name, Jeff Williams has never received the public recognition that he deserves when it comes to superior managerial capabilities and overall contributions to Apple spanning more than 20 years.
In the early years of Cook’s CEO era, Williams was actually given a decent press spotlight. For example, he sat down with Walt Mossberg at the 2015 Code Conference.
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