Apple appointed a new operational tsar after the long -time Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wiliams announced his upcoming retirement on Tuesday. The company promoted Sahib Khan to Williams’ role in what it is called A “long planned successor”.
Khan, a 30-year-old Apple veteran, rises to COO at a crucial time for the company. President Donald Trump’s trade policy has significantly affected Apple’s global supply chain and manufacturing companies. Trump-guided tariffs in China and other countries in which Apple products are manufactured have added A. financial burden To the company. As a result, the company actively diversified its supply chain and some production from China to countries like India And Vietnam Mastive tariff effects. In the meantime, Trump asked Apple to move his manufacturing operations to the USA. 25% tariffs threatened It shouldn’t keep on their products. Since then, Apple has promised 500 billion US dollars in plants to expand its US facilities.
Apart from the global trade wars, Khan’s promotion comes after one of the company’s AI favorites was poached Meta. Ruoming Pang, head of the Foundation Model team at Apple, will Reports Join Mark Zuckerberg in an important setback for Apple, which already has difficulty competing with his colleagues in the AI race.
Despite the global pressure on the company, Apple seems confident that Khan can survive the list challenges of the current business climate.
“Sabih is a brilliant strategist that was one of the central architects of the Apple supply chain.” said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in a press release from companies. “While he monitors the supply chain from Apple, he helped Pioneer new technologies in progressive production, monitored the expansion of Apple’s production footprint in the USA and ensured that Apple reacts to global challenges in response to global challenges.
Dan Ives, Analyst of Wall Street Tech, commented on the promotion of Khan. “We believe Assets In a written explanation in which it was found that the “Trump Tariff Tariff Black Cloud” with China and India will be a problem that Khan has to do.
Khan, who came to Apple in 1995, is currently Senior Vice President of Operations. Originally Uttar Pradesh, IndiaKhan’s educational background is in mechanical engineering and economics. He received Bachelor’s degrees in economics and mechanical engineering from Tufts University and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before he came to Apple, Khan started his career as an engineer at GE Plastics.
Khan has since 2019 supervised Apple’s global supply chain ensured product quality. The responsibilities of Khan also include the management of the planning, procurement, production, logistics and product-fill-fill mandals from Apple as well as the company’s programs that “protect workers in production facilities around the world”.
