Dan Riccio, one of Apple’s most prominent executives for more than two decades, will retire from the company this month, according to a report in Bloomberg that cites people with knowledge of the move.
Reportedly, Riccio has said he has been planning his retirement for the past five years, and his last day will be Friday, October 11.
Riccio began working at Apple in 1998, and by 2012, he had become the chief of hardware engineering. In that role, he oversaw several major hardware developments for Apple, including AirPods, the evolution of the modern iPhone, the iPad Pro, and more.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/former-apple-hardware-chief-dan-riccio-is-retiring/