Sabih Khan (born 1966) is an Indian-born American business executive, who is currently the chief operating officer at Apple Inc. 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.[1]
Early life and education
Khan was born in 1966 in Moradabad, in Uttar Pradesh, India.[2][3] His family moved to Singapore when he was in fifth grade.[3] 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.[4]
Career
GE Plastics
Khan worked for GE Plastics (now SABIC), where he was an applications development engineer and key account technical leader.[5]
Apple
Khan joined Apple in 1995.[4]
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.[4] 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
- Apple COO Jeff Williams to Retire in Major Changing of the Guard Bloomberg.com, retrieved 2025-07-14^
- Shaik Zakeer Hussain. Indian-origin Sabih Khan Promoted To Apple's Senior Vice President Of Operations The Cognate, 29 June 2019, retrieved 3 October 2023^
- Amritanshu Mukherjee. 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^
- Mike Wuerthele. Sabih Khan promoted to Apple's senior vice president of operations AppleInsider, 27 June 2019, retrieved 3 October 2023^
- Apple Leadership – Sabih Khan Apple^
- Dave Smith. 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, retrieved 3 October 2023^
- Jay Peters. Apple's supply chain is making safety changes to protect workers in response to the pandemic The Verge, 14 May 2020, retrieved 3 October 2023^
- Kif Leswing. Apple says COO Jeff Williams will retire from company later this year CNBC, 2025-07-08^
- Lauren Forristal. Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month TechCrunch, 2025-07-08^
- Emma Roth. One of Tim Cook's possible successors is leaving Apple The Verge, 2025-07-08^