Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code < / P > < p > to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < p > on October 8, people familiar with the matter disclosed that after Gary Wipfler, Apple's chief financial officer, announced his retirement, the company appointed Michael Shapiro, a senior member of the financial team and Braeburn capital, the company's cash management department, as the new company's chief financial officer < p > people familiar with the matter said that recently, Apple also promoted a group of people to senior executives in key departments such as software, marketing and chips. However, the relevant personnel adjustment has not been announced < p > Shapiro will become the manager of Apple's nearly $200 billion assets. In the company's records, he is a member of Apple cash management group headquartered in Reno, Nevada, and has been a senior executive of the company for a long time. Earlier this month, it was reported that after 35 years at Apple, Wheeler would retire from the company in recent weeks < p > as of the last quarter, Apple had $1940 billion in cash and securities. However, the company has been trying to reduce its cash balance and try to achieve net cash neutrality, which means that Apple will have the same amount of cash and debt < p > Apple also promoted a number of senior executives as vice presidents, which is one of the highest level positions in the company. Apple has about 100 vice presidents who either report to Apple's senior vice president team or directly to CEO Tim Cook, CFO Luca Maestri and coo Jeff Williams. Apple usually promotes a group of executives to the level of vice president in September or October every year < p > according to the personal data on Lingying, a recruitment platform, Alan gilcrist, a key member of Apple's customized chip development team, was promoted to vice president in charge of customized chip and battery technology engineering. Apple's chip team is developing more and more parts for the company's equipment to help improve the processing speed of the equipment < p > according to people familiar with the matter, Eden Sears, a former senior director of iPhone and iPad brand marketing, has been promoted to vice president of Apple's brand. In addition to the company's product packaging and retail work, she is also responsible for the brand marketing of Apple watches, airpods and other products < p > Craig federighi, Apple's software engineering director, also promoted two key deputies Stacey lysik and Ron Huang as vice presidents. Lisk was previously a senior director of software project management, mainly responsible for the overall software development of IOS, iPad and MacOS. Huang Rong is a senior supervisor in charge of sensor and connection functions. He is in charge of software development of position and motion sensors such as Bluetooth, Wi Fi, wireless connection, gyroscope and accelerometer. (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >