Johny Srouji

Johny Srouji (Hebrew: ג'וני סרוג'י, Arabic: جوني سروجي) is an Israeli executive[3] Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.[4]

Johny Srouji
Born1964
Haifa, Israel[1]
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materTechnion - Israel Institute of Technology
(B.S. and M.S., Computer Science)
OccupationSenior vice president of Hardware Technologies at Apple Inc..[2]
EmployerApple Inc.

Early life and education

Srouji was born in Haifa, Israel in an Arab Christian family originally from Lebanon.[5][6][7][1] 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.[4] 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.[8]

Srouji is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, French and English.[9]

Career
  • 1990-1992: Researcher and engineer at IBM R&D Labs in Israel.
  • 1993-2005: Senior Manager at Intel Israel Design Center.
  • 2005-2008: Design Manager in CPU design at IBM.
  • 2008-2015: Vice President of Hardware Technologies at Apple.
  • 2015-present: Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies at Apple.

In 2008, Srouji led development of the Apple A4, the first Apple-designed system on a chip.[10]

In 2019 Intel considered Srouji a candidate to be its next CEO.[11]

In 2020 during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference he announced the transition of Apple's Macintosh line of personal computers from Intel's x86 CPU architecture to their own proprietary processors.[12]

References
  1. "Apple's CEO Visits with Reuven Rivlin". israelnationalnews.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01. Johny Srouji, Vice President for Hardware Technology at Apple, a member of the Israeli Arab community, born in Haifa
  2. Johny Srouji serves as vice president of Hardware Technologies at Apple.
  3. Solomon, Shoshanna (16 January 2019). "Israeli Johny Srouji reportedly in running for Intel CEO". The Times of Israel.
  4. "The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  5. Johny Srouji entry in the Srouji Family History database His Srouji family have lived in Lebanon since 1682 as can be read here
  6. Srouji, Elias S (2003). "Cyclamens from Galilee: Memoirs of a Physician from Nazareth". iUniverse.
  7. "The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of". Bloomberg News.
  8. Johnny from Haifa took Apple by storm.
  9. "Interesting facts about Johny Srouji, the man behind Apple's custom processors". The Indian Express. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  10. "Investor Relations - Leadership & Governance". Apple Inc. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. "Apple exec on Intel's CEO candidate list". Axios. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  12. Synced (2020-06-22). "WWDC 2020 | Apple Will Replace Intel CPU With Its Own 'Apple Silicon' Chips". Synced. Retrieved 2020-06-24.


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