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Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is stepping down from his role next month and leaving the company later this year to spend more time with friends and family.
When current CEO Tim Cook took over in 2011, Williams was seen as his natural successor in the operations role, both being skilled in an area that Steve Jobs wasn't. Apple appointed Williams to the newly recreated COO role in 2015, after he oversaw Apple's production and supply operations since Cook became the big boss.
It was mostly Jeff Williams. I saw him at the TSMC 30th Anniversary event in Taipei and a few other times. Not once did I see Tim Cook in Taiwan. I remember when the Apple/TSMC relationship was first announced the media suggested that Apple would destroy TSMC. The Apple/TSMC relationship was and still is a big disrupter in the foundry business. Apple really made TSMC who they are today, the industry leader, absolutely.