Johny Srouji

Johny Srouji (Arabic: جوني سروجي; Hebrew: ג'וני סרוג'י; born 1964)^[3] is an Arab Israeli executive,^[4] currently Apple's senior vice president of Hardware Technologies.^[5]

Johny Srouji
جوني سروجي
Born	1964 Haifa, Israel[1]
Nationality	Israeli
Education	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S., Computer Science)
Occupation	Senior vice president of Hardware Technologies at Apple Inc.[2]
Employer	Apple Inc.

Early life and education

Srouji was born in the Abbas neighborhood of Haifa, to a middle class Arab Christian family.^{[1][6][7][8][9]} 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.^[10] 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 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.^[5] He later enrolled at Technion, earning both a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) and master's degree (magna cum laude) in computer science.^[11]

Srouji is reputed to be a no-nonsense executive,^[12] asking for hard truths and focusing on problems and areas for improvement.^[13] He is fluent in four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, French and English.^[14]

Career

In 2008, Srouji led development of the Apple A4, the first Apple-designed system on a chip.^[15]

Srouji was responsible for setting up Apple’s R&D center in Herzliya, Israel, its second largest in the world.^[16]

In 2019, Intel considered Srouji a candidate to be its next CEO.^[17]

In 2020, during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Srouji announced the transition of Apple's Macintosh line of personal computers from Intel's x86 CPU architecture to their own Apple silicon.^[18]

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 Apple Silicon.^[19]

In 2023, Srouji announced that Apple's R&D center in Haifa will double in size.^[20]

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.^[21]

In 2025 Srouji was awarded IMEC'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".^[22]