Apple senior vice-president Tony Fadell, who has resigned his post to spend more time with his family, has agreed to take on a consultancy role as an advisor to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Fadell will be paid $300,000 a year, a bonus and health benefits, until 24 March 2010. This deal means that he cannot share company secrets.
Fadell will be replaced by IBM’s Mark Papermaster – who is currently embroiled in legal wrangling between the two companies, with IBM determined to stop him moving to Apple and sharing trade secrets with his new employer.
Fadell headed up the team of designers and engineers who created the first iPod seven years ago.
Fadell’s wife, Apple’s vice president of the human resources department Danielle Lambert, is also leaving Apple to spend more with their family.
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(Reuters)
