Apple’s Talent Exodus Complicates Cook’s Eventual Exit: Dave Lee

December 4, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC

As many of us know, it’s really hard to ditch Apple. Unless you’re one of its executives.

On Wednesday afternoon, Bloomberg broke the news that Meta Platforms Inc. had poached Apple Inc. design executive Alan Dye to head up a new design studio it hopes will improve Meta’s hardware and AI game. Dye’s departure comes after the exit earlier this week of the company’s head of artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, and the retirement of Jeff Williams, Apple’s longtime chief operating officer, which was announced last month.

As Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman notes in his reporting, the turnover is expected to continue and go ...

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