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Honour Goes to Apple Designer Jonathan IveJonathan Ive, the man behind Apple's iconic iPod and iMac, has become a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
He is widely seen as one of the key figures in Apple's resurrection.
Mr Ive started working for Apple in 1992 but exerted a big influence on its products only in 1997 when Steve Jobs returned to the company he co-founded.
Mr Ive's first design for Apple, the iMac, was hugely influential and has been followed by a series of other widely admired gadgets.
Apple said in a statement: "We are as proud as could be that Jony is receiving such a prestigous commendation."
The Queen's New Year Honours list is dominated by people who helped in the aftermath of the July 7 London bombings.
The list is also peppered with the usual crop of celebrities and sporting figures.
A Londoner by birth, Mr Ive studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic.
After graduating, he set up his own design studio called Tangerine.
He left Tangerine when one of his early clients, Apple, offered him a job at its offices in Cupertino, California.
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