This episode was originally published on May 3rd, 2022. Tony Fadell was instrumental in the development of the iPod and iPhone at Apple and then co-founded Nest Labs, which kicked off the consumer smart home market with its smart thermostat in 2011. Tony sold Nest to Google for $3.2 billion in 2014 and eventually left Google. He now runs an investment company called Future Shape. 

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Directory:Steve Jobs, CEO of AppleAndy Grove, former CEO of IntelPat Gelsinger, current CEO of IntelSundar Pichai, current CEO of AlphabetElon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring CompanyJeff Williams, COO of AppleMatt Rogers, Nest co-founderJeff Robbin, VP of consumer applications at AppleSteve Hoteling, former CEO gesture recognition company Finger WorksJon Rubinstein, senior VP of the iPod division at AppleSteve Sakomen, hardware engineer and executive at Apple Avie Tavanian, chief software technology officer at AppleScott Forstall, senior VP of iOS software, AppleJony Ive, chief design officer, Apple

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