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

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.