Jonathan Ive - the British designer responsible for Apple's iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - has been knighted at Buckingham Palace.
Apple's senior vice-president of industrial design has said he is "both humbled and sincerely grateful" for the "absolutely thrilling honour".
Sir Jonathan, 45, told the Daily Telegraph he was "the product of a very British design education".
He was born in Chingford, east London, and studied at Newcastle Polytechnic.
In a rare interview, published in the paper on Wednesday, he said that, "even in high school, I was keenly aware of this remarkable tradition that the UK had of designing and making".
"It's important to remember that Britain was the first country to industrialize, so I think there's a strong argument to say this is where my profession was founded."
