Tony Fadell
Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Anthony M. "Tony" Fadell
Born: March 22, 1969
Computer-related contributions
- Designer, inventor, entrepreneur, and angel investor.
- Known as "one of the fathers of the iPod".
- Former senior vice president of the iPod Division at Apple Inc.
- Founder of Nest Labs, maker of the Nest Learning Thermostat.
Honors and awards
- CNBC's Top 50 Disruptors (2013).
- Business Insider's Top 75 Designers in Technology (2013).
- Alva Award, honoring him as 'the next great serial inventor' (2012).
- Vanity Fair's Next Establishment list (2012).