Aimee Groth, Business Insider
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.