Jonathan Ive was granted knighthood in the United Kingdom this week, as part of a yearly New Year Honours ceremony. Honored for “services to design and enterprise,” the famous designer behind many of Apple’s creations is now a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a step up from the Commander rank he was given in 2006. Ive’s British heritage may have made him a slightly more obvious fit for the honor than Steve Jobs, who was never knighted — though it could also be that Ive doesn’t share Jobs’s tendency to rub important people the wrong way. Ive’s knighthood adds him to a long list of others in the technology industry who have received the honor, including Richard Branson, Akio Morita, and Bill Gates — that’s not bad company for anyone to be in.
Apple’s Jony Ive knighted in UK
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, was granted knighthood in the UK this week.
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, was granted knighthood in the UK this week.
is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
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