Apple's Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, Ron Johnson, is leaving to become President and eventually CEO of J.C. Penney. Johnson will assume this role November 1, 2011 and will join J.C. Penney's board of directors on August 1.
Johnson joined Apple in 2000 from Target where he worked as the VP of merchandising. Johnson guided Apple's retail division from its inception to its current standing as one of tech's most successful brick-and-mortar stores. He was responsible for the perform
