Johny Srouji

Johny Srouji is Apple's chief hardware officer, reporting to CEO John Ternus, and is reportedly under consideration for Nvidia's permanent chief executive role. Nvidia announced on November 12 that its board would consider internal and external candidates, but its filing named no individuals. Srouji oversees all Apple hardware products and their underlying technologies, including silicon, cellular technology, displays, cameras, sensors and batteries. He took that expanded role on April 20, 2026, adding Hardware Engineering to the hardware technologies organization he already led. His earlier work included the custom chips used in the iPhone and Mac.

Srouji joined Apple in 2008 to lead development of the A4, its first in-house system-on-a-chip, which debuted in the iPad and iPhone 4 in 2010. His team's A7 became the first 64-bit smartphone chip in 2013. He later brought the A9X tablet processor forward by half a year so the delayed iPad Pro could ship with it. He was responsible for the M-series chips that replaced Intel processors in the Mac. Apple appointed him senior vice president of Hardware Technologies in December 2015. Before Apple, he held senior positions in processor development and design at Intel and IBM. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the Technion.

His experience was built mostly inside Apple, and he has not been tested in the high-profile salesmanship Huang is known for. He also avoided the public spotlight for much of his Apple career. The reporting that names him for Nvidia does not establish that he has been approached or has expressed interest. In December 2025, he told his Apple division in a memo that he loved his team and job and did not plan to leave anytime soon. He has since taken on the broader chief hardware officer role.