Chairman of Apple

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! class="ios-lab" | Current
| class="ios-val" | Arthur D. Levinson (since November 2011)
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| class="ios-val" | Tim Cook, executive chairman — September 1, 2026; Levinson becomes lead independent director
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The chairmanship of Apple's board has traced the company's power shifts: [[Steve Jobs]] held the title in the early years, John Sculley and Mike Markkula through the classic era, and the seat sat effectively empty through Jobs's restoration — he took it formally only in his final months, 2011. Arthur Levinson, the Calico chief and Genentech veteran who joined the board in 2000, then chaired it for fifteen years.

= The 2026 transition =

With the April 2026 succession announcement, the pattern repeats: as John Ternus takes the CEO office on September 1, 2026, Tim Cook moves upstairs as executive chairman — keeping a hand in policy, government relations, and the long arc — while Levinson transitions to lead independent director. An executive chairman is a first for modern Apple: the founder's successor staying in the building.