Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He is the lead designer and conceptual mind behind Apple's products, including the iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad. Although Ive technically reports to CEO Tim Cook, Ive has more operational power than anyone at Apple, aside from the CEO. The late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs st...
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Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. He is the lead designer and conceptual mind behind Apple's products, including the iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad. Although Ive technically reports to CEO Tim Cook, Ive has more operational power than anyone at Apple, aside from the CEO. The late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs stated during an interview with biographer Walter Isaacson that no one at Apple can tell Ive what to do – "that's the way I set it up."
Jonathan Ive was born in Chingford, London. He was brought up by his teacher father and attended the Chingford Foundation School and went on to attend Walton High School in Stafford, then studied industrial design at Northumbria University (Newcastle Polytechnic at the time). Once enrolled in Walton, it became clear that he attained many technical and drawing skills through his father. Ive met his wife, Heather...
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