Days Before Apple Changes CEOs, Pikachu Showed Up at Apple Park

Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus met The Pokémon Company team and Pikachu at Apple Park on Thursday. Tim Cook shared the visit on X ahead of the September 1 handover.

Cook gives up day-to-day control next week. The meeting, therefore, introduced Apple's next chief to one of the biggest franchises in gaming.

Apple CEO John Ternus Talks Gaming Before the Handover

Cook kept the tone light. He set out a three-item agenda for the day, namely introducing Ternus to the Pokémon team, discussing gaming, and keeping Pikachu away from the Apple Park pond. Two of the three worked, he joked.

The video he posted follows Pikachu across the campus. The mascot dances under the rainbow arch and helps itself to fruit in the orchard. The pond, judging by Cook's punchline, won in the end.

Ternus arrives with a low public profile after two decades inside Apple's hardware engineering group. Apple named him chief executive in April. Cook has led the company since 2011 and keeps his board seat as executive chairman.

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