Apple's New CEO Recruits Retired Hardware Executive to Leadership Team

At a pivotal moment in Apple's history, newly appointed CEO John Ternus has reached back into the company's past to shape its future, recruiting retired hardware engineering vice president Laura Legros to join his leadership team. The decision is less a staffing move than a philosophical declaration — that under Ternus, the physical craft of making things well remains the soul of Apple's identity. In an industry increasingly seduced by software and artificial intelligence, this appointment asks a quiet but consequential question: what does it mean to remain, fundamentally, a company that build