Ondrej Holzman Apple will have a new CFO starting in October. The California-based company announced today that its Senior Vice President and CFO Peter Oppenheimer will retire at the end of September this year. His position will be taken by Luca Maestri, the current vice president of finance, who will report directly to Tim Cook...
Peter Oppenheimer has been with Apple since 1996. Over the past ten years, when he served as CFO, Apple's annual revenues grew from $8 billion to $171 billion. “His management, leadership and expertise have played a large role in Apple's success, to which he has contributed not only as CFO, but also in many areas outside of finance, as he has often been involved in various other activities within Apple. His contributions and integrity in the role of our CFO sets a new benchmark for what a publicly traded CFO should look like," CEO Tim Cook said in a press release on his upcoming departure.
“Peter is also a dear friend of mine who I could always count on. While I'm sad to see him leave, I'm also happy he'll have more time for himself and his family," Cook added to Oppenheimer's address, immediately announcing who would become the new CFO - the veteran Luca Maestri (pictured above ).
"Luca has over 25 years of global experience in senior financial management, including serving as CFO in publicly traded companies. I'm sure he'll be a great CFO at Apple," Cook said of Maestri, who arrived in Cupertino patiently last March. Even in less than a year, he has managed to bring a lot to Apple.
"When we met Luca, we knew she would be Peter's successor. His contributions to Apple are already significant, and he has quickly gained respect across the company," the executive revealed. Before joining Apple, Maestri served as CFO at Nokia Siemens Network and Xerox, and since joining the Apple company last year, he manages most of Apple's financial activities and works closely with top management.
Peter Oppenheimer, who coincidentally recently, also commented directly on his reasons for leaving became a member of the board of directors of Goldman Sachs. "I love Apple and the people I've had the opportunity to work with, but after 18 years here, I feel it's time to make more time for myself and my family," said Oppenheimer, who would like to return more actively to California Polytechnic State University. his alma mater, and finally completed his flight tests.
The successor looks more likely to retire.
The successor is in the first picture, Peter Oppenheimer is below.
I just couldn't believe that he had changed like that :0 I take it back