Johny Srouji (

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: جوني سروجي;

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: ג'וני סרוג'י; born 1964) is an Arab Israeli executive, currently

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of Hardware Technologies.

Early life and education

Srouji was born in the Abbas neighborhood of

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, to a middle class Arab Christian family. He is the third child out of four. His father Farid was a carpenter and craftsman who produced casting molds to the specifications of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. In high school he received high grades in math, physics, chemistry and science, and was introduced to computers by an instructor who also taught at the nearby research university

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. He later enrolled at Technion, earning both a

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(''summa cum laude'') and

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(''magna cum laude'') in

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. Srouji is reputed to be a no-nonsense executive, asking for hard truths and focusing on problems and areas for improvement. He is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, French and English.

Career

In 2008, Srouji led development of the Apple A4, the first Apple-designed

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. Srouji was responsible for setting up Apple’s R&D center in

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, Israel, its second largest in the world. In 2019,

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considered Srouji a candidate to be its next CEO. In 2020, during Apple's

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(WWDC), Srouji announced the transition of Apple's

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line of personal computers from

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CPU architecture to their own

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. In 2022, Srouji announced the opening of a third R&D center in Israel (after Herzliya and Haifa), in Jerusalem, focused on the next generation of

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. In 2023, Srouji announced that Apple's R&D center in Haifa will double in size.

Awards

Johny Srouji was awarded the medal of his alma mater, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in recognition of his outstanding career achievements and exemplary role as an ambassador for the university. In 2025 Srouji was awarded

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's Innovation Award, the most prestigious prize awarded by the international semiconductor R&D organization recognizing his "pivotal role in shaping Apple’s technology roadmap through his leadership in the development of Apple silicon".

References

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