Patrick McGee

So therefore, not really a candidate for a 15 year term, if that's sort of the now precedent after two CEOs.

And so, you know, being 50 years old, he's just sort of the natural candidate.

You know, you're not going to take someone from outside Apple, certainly.

And you're not going to pluck some VP.

I mean, he was the only person that was sort of actively being groomed.

Again, Johnny Trujillo might be the exception.

And I think that's probably why he's chief hardware officer.

But there was really no surprise there.

People might have been surprised about the timing, but it was reported back in November that this was the likely outcome sometime this year.

Trip wrote that as well.

Right.

I mean, I just I don't think we learned much yesterday.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, just adding to that, Art Levinson, the current chairman, he's 75, perfect time to go out.

Tim Cook is 65, perfect time to leave the CEO position.

And if you're going to do a 15-year term, what do you want?

A 50-year-old who's a senior vice president.

I mean, the stars align for this, for sure.

Well, I mean, this is a company that's been around 50 years and this is only the eighth CEO and, you know, only the third of this century.

So it is a big transition.