19 Facts About Craig Federighi

Craig Federighi's teams are responsible for delivering the software of Apple's products, including the user interface, applications, and frameworks.

Craig Federighi received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and computer science and a master of science in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1991 and 1993, respectively.

Craig Federighi joined Apple when it acquired NeXT in 1996, but then left it in 1999 for Ariba, where he held several roles including chief technology officer.

Craig Federighi returned to Apple in 2009 to lead macOS engineering, after Apple had just finished developing Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which was highly regarded for its focus on speed and quality.

In March 2011, Craig Federighi succeeded Bertrand Serlet as vice president of Mac software engineering at Apple, and in August 2012 he was promoted to senior vice president, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.

Craig Federighi was reported to own more than 500,000 shares of Apple stock worth about US$180 million as of June 2020.

Craig Federighi has some notable nicknames around Apple, such as "Hair Force One".

Craig Federighi made another appearance during 2010's 'Back to the Mac' presentation, showing off Mac OS X Lion.

Craig Federighi introduced iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks at Apple's WWDC 2013 developer conference, and iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite at WWDC 2014.

At WWDC 2016, Craig Federighi introduced iOS 10 and macOS 10.12 "Sierra" and said that the 15-year-old OS X would be rebranded as "macOS" in tune with the naming scheme used for iOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

Craig Federighi emphasized the use of widgets on the iOS lock screen and announced new APIs for Siri and iMessage that would be open to all developers.

In March 2016, Craig Federighi wrote an article for The Washington Post stating that "I became an engineer because I believe in the power of technology to enrich our lives" as his motivation.

In 2017, Craig Federighi announced that the Safari web browser would block cookies from following people from site to site.

At an Apple Special Event in September 2017, Federighi initially failed to properly demo the Face ID feature on the iPhone X Apple stated that before the event, some Apple employees had inadvertently triggered Face ID on one of the demonstration phones, causing it to instead prompt for a passcode when Federighi attempted to unlock it.

At WWDC 2018, Craig Federighi introduced iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 "Mojave".

Craig Federighi introduced iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS 11 "Big Sur".

Craig Federighi made a cameo appearance within the September 2020 Apple Event, appearing briefly during a segment.

At WWDC 2022, Craig Federighi introduced iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, as well as macOS 13 "Ventura".

Craig Federighi is married as of 2014 and has four children.