# John Ternus

> John Ternus is CEO at Apple. Apple Ads Platform API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

CEO, Apple.

John Ternus is Apple's chief executive and sits on its board. He joined Apple's product design team in 2001, became vice president of Hardware Engineering in 2013 and joined the executive team in 2021 as senior vice president of Hardware Engineering. Before Apple he was a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems.

## What John builds

- [Apple Ads Platform API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apple-ads.md), graded D, 53.9/100, in Advertising & campaign operations. Apple's Ads Platform API creates and manages App Store and Apple Maps campaigns, ad groups, keywords, ads, creatives and budgets, and returns performance reports. Agents call REST endpoints at api.ads.apple.com/v1 with an OAuth 2 client credentials token. CEO, Apple, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Eddy Cue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eddy-cue/), Senior Vice President, Services and Health, Apple (oversees Apple Ads)
- [Ronald Wayne](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ronald-wayne/), Co-founder, Apple
- [Steve Jobs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steve-jobs/), Co-founder, Apple
- [Steve Wozniak](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steve-wozniak/), Co-founder, Apple
- [Tim Cook](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tim-cook/), Executive Chair, Apple

## Questions

### Who is John Ternus?

John Ternus is Apple's chief executive and sits on its board. He joined Apple's product design team in 2001, became vice president of Hardware Engineering in 2013 and joined the executive team in 2021 as senior vice president of Hardware Engineering. Before Apple he was a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems.

### What does Apple make?

Anchor Terminal lists Apple Ads Platform API from Apple. Apple's Ads Platform API creates and manages App Store and Apple Maps campaigns, ad groups, keywords, ads, creatives and budgets, and returns performance reports. Agents call REST endpoints at api.ads.apple.com/v1 with an OAuth 2 client credentials token.

### How are John's tools graded?

Apple Ads Platform API is graded D, 53.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://ads.apple.com/
- https://ads.apple.com/app-store/help
- https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-ads-platform-api
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apple/apple-ads-platform-api-python/main/README.md
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wayne

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