According to a report filed by the WSJ, a number of Apple board members have been informally seeking a successor to current CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs, who has had numerous high-profile health scares, and most recently took sick leave from Apple in January of this year.

Here’s a snippet from the report:

“Since Steve Jobs went on medical leave this winter, some members of Apple Inc.’s board have discussed CEO succession with executive recruiters and at least one head of a high-profile technology company, according to people familiar with the matter. The conversations weren’t explicitly aimed at recruiting a new chief executive and were more of an informal exploration of the company’s options, said these people. The directors don’t appear to have been acting on behalf of the full board, some of these people said. Apple has seven directors, including Mr. Jobs. It is also unclear whether Mr. Jobs was aware”

When reached for comments, Steve Jobs has nothing to say about the report other than “I think it’s hogwash.”

[WSJ via 9to5Mac]