2026-10-18
Jony Ive: How the God of Industrial Design Built the iPhone, Turning Aluminum into Strategy—and Why Unchecked Minimalism Nearly Broke the Mac
Ranked #33 in '100 Product Managers Who Changed the World': Jony Ive (OVR 90.25: Taste 99, Scale 92, Originality 92, Vision 90, Insight 88, Business 82). Steve Jobs's 'spiritual partner' rescued Apple with translucent plastic, weaponized CNC aluminum as a supply-chain moat, and now leads OpenAI's $6.5B hardware bet.
