<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Williams, will transition his role to Sabih Khan, Apple's senior vice president of Operations, as part of a long-planned succession.</li><li>Williams will continue reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook and overseeing Apple's design team and Apple Watch, as well as the company's Health initiatives.</li><li>Many in the company, like former Apple operations vice president Tony Blevins, express sadness over Williams' retirement, highlighting his significant contributions.</li><li>Sabih Khan is described as being cut from the same cloth as Tim Cook, showing a focus on operations, while suggestions for Apple's future leadership call for a more visionary product-centric CEO.</li></ul>

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