The people
behind Apple.
34 profiles: founders, chief executives, designers and the engineers who built the products.
Founders
The three people who started it all in 1976.
Steve Jobs
Co-founder of Apple who shaped the Macintosh, led the company back from near-collapse in the late 1990s and presided over the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Deceased
Steve Wozniak
The engineer who designed the Apple I and Apple II and whose hardware and software craftsmanship made the early company possible.
Current
Ronald Wayne
The third co-founder of Apple, who drew the first logo and wrote the founding partnership agreement before selling his stake days later.
Current
Mike Markkula
The semiconductor veteran who put up the early money, wrote Apple's first business plan and served as chairman and CEO in its formative years.
Current
Chief executives
Everyone who has run Apple, from Mike Scott to today.
Mike Scott
Apple's first chief executive, hired in 1977 to bring management discipline, who is remembered for the layoffs of Black Wednesday.
Deceased
John Sculley
The former PepsiCo marketing chief who led Apple for a decade, launched the Mac era in the market and later clashed with Steve Jobs.
Former
Michael Spindler
The German-born executive known as The Diesel, who ran Apple through the PowerPC transition and the troubled Newton and Copland projects.
Deceased
Gil Amelio
The semiconductor executive who tried to rescue Apple in 1996 and bought NeXT, setting the stage for Steve Jobs' return.
Former
Tim Cook
Operations chief who succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011, led Apple for 15 years and became executive chairman on September 1, 2026.
Current
John Ternus
A hardware engineer who joined Apple in 2001, led iPhone, Mac, iPad and AirPods hardware and became Apple's CEO on September 1, 2026.
Current
Executive team
The leaders running the company today and its recent past.
Craig Federighi
Leader of Apple's software engineering, responsible for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and the company's core AI features, and a regular keynote presenter.
Current
Eddy Cue
The executive behind the iTunes Store, App Store and Apple's services business, which has grown into one of the company's largest revenue sources.
Current
Greg Joswiak
Long-serving marketing executive known as Joz, who has led Apple's product marketing since 2020 after helping launch the iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Current
Johny Srouji
The silicon chief who built Apple's chip design organization and became chief hardware officer in April 2026.
Current
Sabih Khan
Operations leader who succeeded Jeff Williams as chief operating officer in 2025 and manages Apple's supply chain.
Current
Deirdre O'Brien
A long-serving operations and retail executive who leads Apple's stores and its people teams.
Current
Phil Schiller
Veteran marketing chief who introduced many of Apple's best-known products on stage and became an Apple Fellow in 2020.
Current
Kevan Parekh
Apple's chief financial officer since January 1, 2025, who joined the company in 2013 and previously led financial planning and analysis.
Current
Design & engineering
The people who shaped how Apple products look, feel and work.
Jony Ive
The British industrial designer who led Apple's design studio and shaped the look of the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
Former
Jerry Manock
The product designer who gave the Apple II its plastic case and led the industrial design of the Apple III and the original Macintosh housing.
Former
Susan Kare
The artist who drew the original Macintosh icons and typefaces, including the Happy Mac, and gave the graphical interface its friendly look.
Former
Alan Dye
Head of Apple's Human Interface design team from 2015, who led work on the interface design behind Liquid Glass before moving to Meta in late 2025.
Former
Board of directors
Directors who guide the company.
Alumni & pioneers
Early engineers, designers and executives who left their mark.
Luca Maestri
The CFO who managed Apple's finances through its rise to a three-trillion-dollar market value before handing the role to Kevan Parekh.
Former
Jeff Williams
Operations chief who ran Apple's supply chain, oversaw the Apple Watch and served as COO from 2015 until his retirement in 2025.
Former
Scott Forstall
The software executive who led the original iPhone operating system team and later left Apple after the 2012 Maps launch.
Former
Tony Fadell
Known as the father of the iPod, who led the team that built the first iPod and later co-founded Nest Labs.
Former
Bill Atkinson
The programmer who created QuickDraw, MacPaint and HyperCard and designed much of the graphical interface of the Lisa and Macintosh.
Deceased
Jef Raskin
The Apple employee who started the Macintosh project in 1979, favoring a small, inexpensive appliance computer, and later wrote The Humane Interface.
Deceased
Andy Hertzfeld
A principal software architect of the original Macintosh system software, and the author of the Macintosh history site Folklore.org.
Former
Angela Ahrendts
The former Burberry CEO who led Apple's retail and online stores from 2014 to 2019.
Former
Lisa Jackson
A former head of the US Environmental Protection Agency who led Apple's environmental, policy and social initiatives until her retirement in January 2026.
Former
Ron Johnson
The retail executive who created the Apple Store and the Genius Bar before leaving for J.C. Penney.
Former
John Giannandrea
The former Google head of search and AI who led Apple's machine learning and AI strategy from 2018 until he retired in 2026.
Former