Marcus Mendes, 9to5Mac:

Last July, Apple announced that its longtime Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Williams, would retire “late in the year.” According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, he just clocked out for the last time.

His name and photo have been removed from Apple’s leadership page.

Which reminded me: a couple of weeks after his announced retirement, I ran into Williams on a flight from the Raleigh/Durham airport to San Francisco. He (like me) was returning home from a family visit. I congratulated him on his pending retirement, noting that I’d recently taken the step. He asked for retirement advice. We both laughed.

During the flight, he was reading Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most (an actual book, not from Apple Books). It’s described as “a guide to defining and then creating a flourishing life, and answering one of life’s most pressing questions: how are we to live?” and is based on a popular course at Yale. He was clearly preparing himself for an after-Apple future.

I wish him well.

(And Jeff, if you read this, reach out… there’s an after-Apple Slack channel invite waiting for you!)