Johny Srouji

Johny Srouji (Arabic: جوني سروجي; Hebrew: ג'וני סרוג'י; , born 1964) is an Israeli engineer and business executive who has been the chief hardware officer of Apple since April 2026. He was the company's senior vice president of hardware technologies from 2015 to 2026. 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 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He later enrolled at Technion, earning both a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) and master's degree (magna cum laude) in computer science.

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 system-on-a-chip.

Srouji was responsible for setting up Apple's R&D center in Herzliya, Israel, its second largest in the world.

In 2019, Intel considered Srouji as a candidate to be its next CEO.

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.

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.

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

On April 20, 2026, Srouji was named Apple's chief hardware officer after being given oversight of its hardware engineering team following the announcement of John Ternus being selected as Tim Cook's successor as CEO.

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 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".