| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | British-American |
| Known For: | iPhone, iPad, multitouch |
| Occupation: | Designer, Apple Advanced Technology Group (1995-97) Designer, Apple Human Interface Team (1998-2017) Founder, Humane Inc. (2017-present) |
| Years Active: | 1995-present |
| Spouse: | Bethany Bongiorno[1] |
Imran Chaudhri is a British-American designer, who is the Chairman & President of Humane Inc., a company he co-founded along with his wife, Bethany Bongiorno. He is known for creating user interface and interaction designs for the iPhone.[2] While at Apple from 1995 to 2017,[3] he was a designer on products including the Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, and HomePod.
After starting at Apple as an intern in 1995, Chaudhri spent 19 years working at Apple as a designer.[4] He and fellow designer Bas Ording updated the appearance of macOS and worked to create a new touch-based interface, replacing buttons with gestures.[5] [6] Chaudhri is credited as an inventor on several Apple patents, including a touch screen.[7]
Chaudhri was part of a small iPhone design team that made the original iPhone interface.[8] [9] [10] Previously, he worked on Dashboard, a widget interface on macOS.[11] In addition to creating many iPhone features with other designers, Chaudhri created a grid of square app icons to organize the iPhone's functions, commonly referred to as the home screen, complete with its rearrangement functionality.[11] [12] [13]
Chaudhri, who was scheduled to leave Apple in 2017, was fired by Apple a month before he was expected to leave after sending a departure email out.[14] [15] Chaudhri went on to form his own technology company, Humane, along with his wife, Bethany Bongiorno, who he met while both were working on the iPad.[1] [16]