Gurman: ‘Few signs internally’ point to Tim Cook stepping down as CEO early next year<div class="feat-image">

</div><p>Recently, the
Financial Times reported that efforts to set up a succession plan for Apple CEO Tim Cook have ‘recently intensified’, and that the transition could happen as ‘early as next year,’ potentially even happening sometime in the spring. </p>
<p>Today, in his
Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed this story to likely be “simply false,” and that the moment is “not at hand.”</p>
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Gurman: ‘Few signs internally’ point to Tim Cook stepping down as CEO early next year