Sir Jony Ive is a renowned British-American designer best known for shaping Apple’s most iconic products—including the iPhone, iPod, and Apple Watch—during his tenure as Chief Design Officer. After leaving Apple in 2019, he founded the design firm LoveFrom. In 2024, he co-founded the AI hardware startup io, which was acquired by OpenAI in 2025 for $6.5 billion. Ive now leads design across OpenAI, collaborating with CEO Sam Altman to develop a new AI hardware device aimed at rethinking personal computing.