Phil Schiller
American businessman
Philip W. Schiller (born June 8, 1960) is an American businessman, spokesperson, and an Apple Fellow at Apple Inc. He is a prominent figure in Apple's keynotes and has been a member of the company's executive team since Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997. In 2020 he became the first person in over 20 years to be appointed as an Apple Fellow, one of the company's highest-ranking positions and an honor previously bestowed on co-founder Steve Wozniak among a handful of other people.
Early life and career
Schiller was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 8, 1960, to a Jewish family. He graduated from Boston College in 1982 with a B.S. in biology. Besides his role at Apple, Schiller has held a variety of positions including Vice President of Product Marketing at Macromedia of San Francisco, California; Director of Product Marketing at FirePower Systems, Inc. of Menlo Park, California; IT Manager at Nolan, Norton & Co. of Lexington, Massachusetts; and Programmer and Systems Analyst at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
At Apple, Schiller worked on the formation and marketing of iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iPod, macOS, and subsequent products. Schiller is credited with coming up with the idea for the original iPod's click wheel interface.
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