Apple’s top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down
Tim Cook is departing from his long-held role as Apple’s CEO — and a wave of top executives are heading for the exits as he does. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Phil Schiller, long the head of Apple’s App Store, stepped down from his position in recent days.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Schiller has been with the company since 1987, with only a four-year break during that time.
- Fact 2: He took over the App Store in 2015.
- Fact 3: Epic filed an antitrust lawsuit in 2020, claiming that Apple had created an illegal monopoly.
- Fact 4: As Schiller steps down, Apple plans to delegate day-to-day operations of the App Store to Carson Oliver, who has been at Apple for over 14 years and has worked in the App Store division for the entirety of that time.
Tim Cook is departing from his long-held role as Apple’s CEO — and a wave of top executives are heading for the exits as he does. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Phil Schiller, long the head of Apple’s App Store, stepped down from his position in recent days.
Schiller has been with the company since 1987, with only a four-year break during that time. He took over the App Store in 2015. However, Schiller won’t be leaving the company entirely.
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