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Retail VP Ron Johnson Officially Gone from Apple

01 November 2011 15:21 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA-Economics. Apple senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson was set to leave the company on November 1, and it looks like thatâ€™s exactly what happened. Mr. Johnson was quitting Apple to take over as CEO of J.C. Penney, The Mac Observer reported.

Ron Johnson, now with JC PennyRon Johnson, J.C. Pennyâ€™s new CEO

Mr. Johnsonâ€™s departure didnâ€™t receive any fanfare in Cupertino; just the removal of his hame and headshot from the Apple executive bio Web page.

When the announcement that he was leaving came out in June, Mr. Johnson commented â€œIâ€™ve always dreamed of leading a major retail company as CEO, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to help J. C. Penney re-imagine what I believe to be the single greatest opportunity in American retailing today, the Department Store.â€

Mr. Johnson spent his 11 years at Apple developing and honing the companyâ€™s retail stores. Prior to that, he served at vice president of merchandising at Target.

Apple hasnâ€™t yet announced a replacement for Mr. Johnson.