Tony Fadell
Tony Fadell is an American engineer, designer, and entrepreneur who currently serves as Principal at Build Collective, an investment and advisory firm for deep tech startups. He is best known as the inventor of the iPod and co-inventor of the iPhone during his tenure as SVP of Apple's iPod Division, and as the founder and former CEO of Nest Labs, which pioneered the smart thermostat and was acquired by Google in 2014. He also designed the Ledger Stax hardware wallet and joined Ledger's board of directors in 2024.
“I told Tony Fidel, 'I'm going to go run the consumer business at Ledger.' And he said, 'There is no consumer business. That's not B to C, it's B to G, business to geek. And your job is to build a consumer business.'”
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