Apple appoints Indian-origin Sabih Khan as new COO

Apple Inc has named Indian-origin Sabih Khan as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), marking a key move in its long-planned leadership transition.

Khan, 58, who has been with Apple for 30 years and is currently the senior vice president of operations, will succeed Jeff Williams later this month, the iPhone maker said in a statement.

Before joining Apple’s procurement group in



1995, he worked as an applications development engineer and key account technical leader at GE Plastics.

Born in 1966 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Khan moved to Singapore during his school years before settling in the US. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and mechanical engineering from Tufts University, and a master’s in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).