Johny Srouji | |
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Born | 1964 |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S., Computer Science) |
Occupation | Senior vice president of Hardware Technologies at Apple Inc.[2] |
Employer | Apple Inc. |
Johny Srouji (Arabic: جوني سروجي; Hebrew: ג'וני סרוג'י; born 1964)[3] is an Arab Israeli executive[4] Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.[5]
Srouji was born in Haifa, Israel, to an Arab Christian family.[1][6][7][8][9] In high school, he got perfect grades in math, physics, chemistry, and science and was introduced to computers by an instructor who also taught at the nearby Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.[5] He later enrolled at the Technion, earning both a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) and master's degree (magna cum laude) in computer science.[10]
Srouji is reputed to be a no-nonsense executive, asking for hard truths and focusing on problems and areas for improvement.[11] He is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, French, and English.[12]
In 2008, Srouji led development of the Apple A4, the first Apple-designed system on a chip.[13]
Srouji was responsible for setting up Apple’s R&D center in Herzliya, Israel, its second largest in the world.[14]
In 2019 Intel considered Srouji a candidate to be its next CEO.[15]
In 2020, during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Srouji announced the transition of Apple's Macintosh line of personal computers from Intel's x86 CPU architecture to their own Apple silicon.[16]