A bombshell announcement from Cupertino late on Wednesday is reshaping the highest echelons of leadership at Apple, the world’s most valuable and scrutinised corporation. Jeff Williams, the Chief Operating Officer for the past decade and a figure many considered a potential,

Sabih Khan, Apple's senior vice president of operations, will assume the COO role later this month as part of what Apple called a long-planned succession. Williams will continue reporting to CEO Tim Cook in the interim while overseeing the Apple Watch,

A once leading candidate to replace Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO announced his retirement Tuesday. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, who has worked at Apple for 27 years, will be replaced in a “long-planned succession” by Sabih Khan,