> Luca has been an extraordinary partner in managing Apple for the long term. He has been instrumental in improving and driving the company’s financial performance, engaging with shareholders, and instilling financial discipline across every part of Apple.
> We’re fortunate that we will continue to benefit from the leadership and insight that have been the hallmark of his tenure at the company.
Maestri in 2022:
> We run the company very lean. I tell my guys in finance, I don't want you guys to ever benchmark anybody else because you can only get bad ideas.
from (video): https://x.com/thomasg_grizzle/status/1586678648731467778
Seems like a great guy. I suspect he just wants to ease into retirement slowly.
This is actually a good thing because those three are severely lacking in Apple. And it might just because they didn't have the time to look into it.
Financial reporting of Apple changed a lot since Steve Jobs passed away and Tim Cook put him in charge. From Tim's preoperative I guess he did a great job. The problem is that Apple has been too focused on those numbers I wonder whether it was Tim's idea, Luca or Eddy Cue.
But this is really sad. In terms of CFO, Luca and the ex-Intel CFO Bob Swan, and Stacy Smith are the ones I like and remember on top of my head.
He's 60 and has a nine figure net worth, some people actually want to retire or do other things.
Apple has ~a hundred billion cash in hand, that is exceptional performance for a CFO. He's giving a SIX month notice, the VP of finance will take his place, which literally is the natural successor.
Absolutely nothing here may suggest there's incompetence or a scandal involved.