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Tony Fadell

The father of the iPod and a co-creator of the iPhone.

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The work

What we are celebrating, specifically.

  • Brought the concept of a hard-disk music player plus an online music store to Steve Jobs and led the iPod's hardware, software and accessories.
  • Co-created the iPhone and oversaw its hardware and firmware for the first three generations, then went on to build the Nest thermostat.

Apple

SVP iPod Division

Joined in 2001; led iPod hardware and worked on the first three iPhone generations until 2008.

Why

Why we celebrate them.

You put a thousand songs in our pockets and then reinvented the everyday objects around us. Thank you, Tony, for making hardware feel human.

Sources — their own pages, so you can check us

  • Wikipedia
  • Academy of Achievement
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Tony Fadell, this belongs to you.

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