Phil Schiller Leaves Apple App Store Role After $1.4 Trillion Year as Leadership Shake-Up Deepens
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Updated · The Verge · Aug 31
Phil Schiller Leaves Apple App Store Role After $1.4 Trillion Year as Leadership Shake-Up Deepens
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Aug 31
Summary
Phil Schiller is stepping down as Apple’s head of the App Store and company events, while keeping his Apple Fellow title and shifting to unspecified initiatives.
Apple is moving the App Store division under services chief Eddy Cue, with Carson Oliver continuing to lead the store alongside Ann Thai on app distribution tools and third-party marketplaces.
Schiller joined Apple in 1987, helped launch the App Store in 2008 and took direct oversight in 2015; the store facilitated more than $1.4 trillion in transactions last year.
His exit lands a day before hardware chief John Ternus is due to replace Tim Cook as CEO on Sept. 1, extending a broader executive turnover that has included Luca Maestri, Jeff Williams, Alan Dye and John Giannandrea.