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Google Just Paid $3.2 Billion To Hire The Guy Who Designed The iPod

Nicholas CarlsonJan 14, 2014, 02:41 IST

Aimee Groth, Business Insider

Tony Fadell, the man who designed the iPod for Apple, now works for Google.

That's because Google just Fadell's company, Nest Labs, for $3.2 billion.

Nest Labs makes Intenet-connected thermostats and smoke detectors.

Fadell first began working with Apple as independent contractor when the iPod was still a side project by then CEO Steve Jobs.

But Jobs liked Fadell's iPod design so much that he brought Fadell into the company.