Born 1967 in London. Newcastle Polytechnic graduate. Joined Apple 1992, Chief Design Officer 1997-2019. Led design of iMac G3 (1998), iPod (2001), iPhone (2007), iPad (2010), Apple Watch (2015), all Mac hardware. KBE 2012. Left Apple 2019 to found LoveFrom design studio with Marc Newson. Strongly influenced by Dieter Rams. LoveFrom's first major work: Ferrari concepts and the Airbnb redesign with Brian Chesky (2024). In May 2025 OpenAI acquired his hardware startup io for about $6.5B, with Ive and LoveFrom leading design for OpenAI's first consumer devices; OpenAI has said the first device will be unveiled in the second half of 2026.