Sabih Khan

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Sabih Khan
Born1966 (age 58–59)
Moradabad, U.P., India
Alma mater Tufts University (BS)
RPI (MS)
Occupation(s) COO, Apple

Sabih Khan (born 1966) is an Indian-American business executive, who is currently the chief operating officer at Apple Inc. [1] He assumed the role following the retirement of Jeff Williams in July 2025, and was previously the senior vice president of operations overseeing Apple's global supply chain and supplier responsibility programs. [2]

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Early life and education

Khan was born in 1966 in Moradabad, in Uttar Pradesh, India. [3] [4] His family moved to Singapore when he was in fifth grade. [4] He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and mechanical engineering from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. [5]

Career

GE Plastics

Khan worked for GE Plastics (now SABIC), where he was an applications development engineer and key account technical leader. [1]

Apple

Khan joined Apple in 1995. [5]

On June 27, 2019, Khan was named senior vice president of operations, reporting to Jeff Williams. [6] In his role at Apple, Khan's operations department has been responsible for establishing partnerships with green manufacturing suppliers. [5] Additionally, Khan's department was responsible for changes to suppliers' operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

On July 8, 2025, Apple announced that Khan would succeed Williams as Chief Operating Officer. [8] [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Apple Leadership – Sabih Khan". Apple.
  2. ↑ "Apple COO Jeff Williams to Retire in Major Changing of the Guard". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  3. ↑ Hussain, Shaik Zakeer (29 June 2019). "Indian-origin Sabih Khan Promoted To Apple's Senior Vice President Of Operations". The Cognate. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 Mukherjee, Amritanshu. "Meet Sabih Khan, Apple's new senior VP of operations, a man from Moradabad and who loves his Parle G". India Today. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Wuerthele, Mike (27 June 2019). "Sabih Khan promoted to Apple's senior vice president of operations". AppleInsider. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Smith, Dave. "Apple has a new global-supply-chain boss — this anecdote about how he handled a meeting with Tim Cook shows why he's the perfect man for the job". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Peters, Jay (14 May 2020). "Apple's supply chain is making safety changes to protect workers in response to the pandemic". The Verge. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Leswing, Kif (2025-07-08). "Apple says COO Jeff Williams will retire from company later this year". CNBC.
  9. ↑ Forristal, Lauren (2025-07-08). "Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month". TechCrunch.
  10. ↑ Roth, Emma (2025-07-08). "One of Tim Cook's possible successors is leaving Apple". The Verge.
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