Tony Fadell
Engineer, designer and entrepreneur
Tony Fadell is an American engineer and entrepreneur who helped create the iPod and iPhone and later founded Nest. He is the author of Build.
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American Born 1969 in Detroit, United States
About Tony Fadell
Tony Fadell is an American engineer, designer, entrepreneur and investor. He began his Silicon Valley career at the startup General Magic, then joined Apple in 2001, where he led development of the iPod's hardware, software and accessories. He also contributed to the first three versions of the iPhone. In 2010 he co-founded Nest Labs, which announced the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 and was acquired by Google in 2014. Fadell is credited with more than 300 patents, and Time included him among its most influential people in the world in 2014. His book Build is part of our catalog.