Confidants
History remembers the front man. Confidants is about the other one. The partners, lieutenants, and shadow operators behind history's greatest founders and artists. Think Charlie Munger to Warren Buffett. Jony Ive to Steve Jobs. George Martin to the Beatles. Each episode goes deep on one of these figures, drawing from biographies to pull out lessons on craft, trust, and what it really takes to be indispensable. If you've ever been the steady hand behind someone else's spotlight, this show is for you.
Confidants
Jony Ive - Steve Job's spiritual partner and Apple's Shadow CEO
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Steve Jobs may have been the face of Apple, but Jony Ive was its quiet power. In this episode of Confidants, we explore how Apple’s chief designer became Jobs’s spiritual partner and shadow CEO, shaping the company’s most iconic products from the iMac to the iPhone.
Discover how Ive transformed Apple’s design culture from “make it look pretty” to the creative engine that saved the company from collapse and built one of the most admired brands.
We’ll unpack what their partnership reveals about ideas, innovation, and how vision gets translated into reality through collaboration, trust, and relentless craft.
Leander Kahney’s book Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products served as this episodes jumping off point.