English designer Jonathan “Jony” Ive has an estimated net worth of $130 million. Born on February 27, 1967 in Chingford, London, United Kingdom, Sir Jonathan Paul Ive he attended Walton High School in Stafford. He later studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic, now Northumbria University.

Jony started building his estimated net worth of $130 million when he co-founded Tangerine, a design agency based in London. He moved to the U.S. 1992 when he was commissioned by the former Chief of Industrial Design of Apple, Robert Brunner, as a consultant and later a fulltime employee.

In 1997, Mr. Ive was named the Senior Vice President of Design, reporting directly to the CEO, Tim Cook. Since then, he was responsible for leading the design team which is regarded as the world’s best. He is the driving force behind the look and feel of the innovative products of Apple such as the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iOS 7. He also provides leadership in direction for Human Interface (HI) software teams across the company.

With the various design awards given to Apple, its products are featured in the permanent collections around the world including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Pompidou in Paris. Jonathan Ive was also recognized in 2003 and was named Designer of the Year by the Design Museum of London. He was also awarded the title of Royal Designer for Industry by The Royal Society of Arts.