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Tony Fadell to leave Apple Company

31 March 2010 11:13 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA-Economics. Tony Fadell, the guy who fist envisioned the iPod in the 1990s, has left Apple, where his most recent position was that of special adviser for the companyâ€™s CEO, Mr. Steve Jobs. Fadellâ€™s departure was gradual, as he had stepped down from his position as SVP of iPod division some two years earlier.

Fadell was put in charge of the iPod/iPhone division in 2006, when he replaced Jon Rubinstein who went off to Palm, to build the Pre. In 2008, Fadell stepped down as senior vice president of the iPod division, but remained on Appleâ€™s payroll as a special adviser to Mr. Jobs, the New York Times reports.

The report goes to mention Fadellâ€™s achievements, the most important of which was, of course, envisioning the hard drive-based portable music player. Although his idea didnâ€™t catch on in the â€˜90s, when he tapped Real Networks pursuing the productâ€™s creation, in 2001, it did. It was around that time that Fadell decided to take his idea to Apple, whose CEO saw a great opportunity of putting an iPod in every pocket out there. Fadellâ€™s collaboration with Apple can well be considered a historical moment.

Although Mr. Fadell declined to talk about Apple when contacted by phone, the former Apple exec did reveal he was moving on to provide his expert advice to other companies, as well as to attend to his private investments focusing on green technology, the same NY Times report reveals. Fadellâ€™s exact words were, â€œMy primary focus will be helping the environment by working with consumer green-tech companies.â€ â€œIâ€™m determined to tell my kids and grandkids amazing stories beyond my iPod and iPhone ones,â€ he said.