retail chief Angela Ahrendts will leave the firm in April, Apple said on Tuesday.

Deirdre O'brien, who worked for Apple for 3 decades, will lend an expanded place to senior Vice President of Retail + People, said Apple. O'brien used to be Vice President of people, and Apple said that it will continue to control the functions associated with this value, covering the development of talents and business with employees.

Ahrendts has been appointed head of Apple's retail and online stores in the direction of the last 5 years, but is now leaving “for fresh own and prof occupations", according to Apple. She worked for Apple. The total amount of Ahrendts compensation was $26.5 million in 2018 ,according to Apple. CEO Tim cook, for comparison, arranged for $15.7 million in the joint amount of compensation in a given year, according to the filing of orders.

Arendts, where she held the position of Executive Director. She was rumored to be the likely successor to cook's CEO, but Ahrendts had “fake news” and “silly” in an interview with BuzzFeed News posted in October 2017.

In a post at the end of last month, Ahrendts stated, in fact, that the share of her still lacks fashion, but she was attracted to Apple by the work she was doing at the time.

"You know, I loved fashion for 40 years," she said in an interview. “It's great when you imagine everything that the aristocracy needs about the industry, due to the fact that you have grown in it. Have Luggage on the industry of fashion, by whom I miss, but I went in the Apple, due to the fact in fact that I felt actually that it was a calling for one of the biggest firms on the planet. I have experienced, in fact, that we can also arrange a few of this, in fact that we have created in Burberry: to combine people in order to create unimaginable Luggage.”

At Apple, Ahrendts said, in fact, that she is excited about the impact of retail on the firm's brand, rather than elementary sales figures.

She said to Vogue “ " regardless of how this customer comes and gets, you have to look at it as a P&l, the firms are trying to force these stores to work independently. When someone buys online and confiscates in the store, the earnings go online, not in the shop, but you do all the work in the store. They have to look at it differently.”

Here's a release from Apple announcing the departure of Ahrendts:

APPLE has Now Announced THAT in Fact that DEIRDRE O'BRIEN TAKES ON Fresh Direct responsibilities FOR RETAIL AND ONLINE APPLE STORES IN the EXPANDED ROLE of SENIOR VICE President of RETAIL + PEOPLE, REPORTING to CEO TIM COOK. Subsequently, 5 TRANSFORMATIONAL YEARS, Major RETAIL AND ONLINE STORES of the Company, ANGELA AHRENDTS Planned to LEAVE APPLE IN APRIL FOR a Fresh Own And Prof CLASSES.

To Own an EXPANDED ROLE for DEIRDRE will BRING THIRTY years of Personal experience IN the APPLE, in Order to LEAD a Mass RETAIL COVERAGE Firms Focused ON the Association Between the Buyer AND the PEOPLE AND PROCESSES THAT SERVE THEM. SHE will continue to Manage the TEAM of PEOPLE OVERSEEING ALL ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE FUNCTIONS, Covering the Development of TALENTS AND the APPLE UNIVERSITY, RECRUITMENT, Workers And the Skill, BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS, BENEFITS, COMPENSATION, AND INTEGRATION AND Diversity.

“At APPLE, WE Believe, in Fact that OUR SOUL IS OUR People, AND DEIRDRE is Aware of Properties And Strong SIDE of OUR TEAM Than any other THAN Anyone,” Said TIM COOK, APPLE CEO. “FOR More than 3 decades, SHE Could help APPLE to Focus ON customer SERVICE AND the ENRICHMENT of LIFE. SHE IS an EXCEPTIONAL Favorite, AND IT was Important indispensable PARTNER FOR OUR RETAIL TEAMS WORLDWIDE FROM the VERY BEGINNING. I In Ecstasy FROM This, in Fact that WILL Work Together WITH DEIDRE IN HER Fresh ROLE AND I Take into consideration the Fact that OUR 70 000 RETAIL Employees will Also Be.”

“PEOPLE COME TO APPLE, in Order to Arrange the Best WORK IN his Own LIFE, AND OUR RETAIL TEAMS Demonstrate their Own Attraction Any Day, In Any Promotion, AROUND the WORLD," Said DEIRDRE O'BRIEN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT of RETAIL + PEOPLE. “THAT's the Chance of a lifetime to Work With Such a Professional, distinct AND CREATIVE TEAM AND to Learn FROM HER. I LOOK forward to This TRIP AND CONTINUE the Necessary WORK of a team of PEOPLE BY the help of ALL the Amazing APPLE Employees.”

APPLE now CONTROLS 35 ONLINE STORES AND 506 RETAIL STORES ON 5 Continents, Which Employ TEAMS Specializing in LIFE ENRICHMENT AND Service their Own COMMUNITIES. Any RETAIL Store APPLE offers Innovative Programs FOR their Own Customers, In What Amount And Now APPLE is DESIGNED to UNCOVER Creative POTENTIAL, Inspire Learning, And to Initiate Association.

“I'm Trying to THANK ANGELA FOR the Fact that IT was Inspiring AND energizing OUR TEAM FOR the PAST 5 YEARS," Said TIM COOK. “SHE was Positive, Modifying the Power LIKE APPLE STORES, for Example, AND FOR the COMMUNITIES Whom THEY Work. WE ALL Wish HER ALL the Best WHEN SHE STARTS a Fresh CHAPTER.”

“The LAST 5 YEARS were the Most STIMULATING, CHALLENGING AND Vsapaniami IN MY CAREER. Thanks to the efforts of the Corporate TEAM, RETAIL TRADE has never BEEN Stronger Or Than any other Posted in Order to Make Even Greater Contribution FOR APPLE,” Said ANGELA AHRENDTS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RETAIL TRADE. “I Feel Actually that there is NO Better TIME to PASS the BATON to DEIRDRE, 1 OF the Most strong heads of the APPLE. I look forward to the Ability to See HOW This Amazing TEAM UNDER HER Management will Be to continue to Change the universe ONE PERSON AND ONE company At the same time.”

APPLE has revolutionized Individual Development With the Release of the MACINTOSH IN 1984. Now APPLE is the LEADER IN the WORLD of Innovation WITH the IPHONE, IPAD, MAC, APPLE WATCH AND APPLE TV. 4 SOFTWARE PLATFORM APPLE — IOS, MACOS, WATCHOS AND TVOS — PROVIDE SEAMLESS Skill ON ALL APPLE DEVICES AND Give PEOPLE a BREAKTHROUGH Proposal, Covering the APP STORE, APPLE MUSIC, APPLE PAY AND ICLOUD. More than 100 000 Employees, APPLE has Dedicated ITSELF to creating the finest Products ON EARTH, AND That, in Order to Forget the universe Than any other THAN WE Found IT.