News Summary

• John Ternus has worked at Apple for nearly half of his life.
• He joined Apple’s product design team in 2001 as only his second job out of college.
• He was among the youngest of top Apple executives who had been rumored as a possible successor, implying that Apple could be looking for someone to lead the company for a long time.
• In his commencement speech, he reflected on the lessons he learned at Apple, which perhaps can tell us a bit about his character — or at least a sanitized version of it.