Apple’s chief operating officer plans to hand the role off this month and retire later this year after roughly a decade as the tech giant’s No. 2 under Chief Executive Tim Cook.

Apple said Jeff Williams, the company's COO, will take on a new role overseeing the company's design team along with the Apple Watch and health initiatives.

Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is retiring as the company’s longtime No. 2, marking a major changing of the guard at an already tumultuous time for the iPhone maker.

Jeff Williams has been Apple's Chief Operating Officer since 2010, but he's begun his retirement process and will be passing ...

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Apple is changing how its design team is managed. Starting later this year, the team will report directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. This change comes as current Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jeff ...

Instead, the design team will report to COO Jeff Williams. The headset launch will no doubt reflect on Tim Cook’s legacy. The headset represents the second major new product launch of his ...