Executive Compensation Parameters

Adjust baseline salaries, equity grants, and performance vesting multipliers to test 2027 scenarios.

Tim Cook
Chief Executive Officer
Incumbent CEO
$3,000,000
$50,000,000
1.25x
John Ternus
SVP, Hardware Engineering
Succession Contender
$1,500,000
$35,000,000
1.40x
0.85
Succession Timing Horizon
2027 Comparative Financial Outlook

Live calculation of projected total take-home, pay differential, and transition status.

Transition Year Active (2027)
Tim Cook retains executive seniority while performance grants prepare John Ternus for heightened leadership responsibilities.
Cook Total Pay
$65,500,000
Equity: $62,500,000
Ternus Total Pay
$50,500,000
Equity: $49,000,000
Pay Gap Delta
$15,000,000
Cook leads by 29.7%
Tim Cook $65,500,000
John Ternus $50,500,000
Base Salary
Cook Performance Equity
Ternus Performance Equity
Compensation Component Tim Cook (CEO) John Ternus (SVP) Net Variance
Base Salary $3,000,000 $1,500,000 +$1,500,000
Target Grant Amount $50,000,000 $35,000,000 +$15,000,000
Performance Realization 1.25x ($62.5M) 1.40x ($49.0M) +$13,500,000
Total Projected Pay $65,500,000 $50,500,000 +$15,000,000

Reporting Context & Assumptions

Prompted by recent reports (e.g. Gizmodo's coverage on Apple's executive succession landscape), this simulator computes projected compensation incorporating customary Apple SEC Form DEF 14A equity structures: fixed base salary supplemented by performance-based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) subject to relative total shareholder return (TSR) multipliers.