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Jonathan Ive , Apple`s senior VP of industrial design buys $17 million house in SF.
Jonathan Ive Apple`s senior vice president of industrial design, has paid $17 million for a house on San Francisco�s �Gold Coast,� .
Designed by the architectural firm Willis Polk & Co, the five-level brick home was completed in 1927 and has six bedrooms and eight full bathrooms and one half bathroom. The 7,274-square-foot house also features views of the San Francisco Bay, an oak-paneled library, a courtyard garden and six wood-burning fireplaces. An upstairs bedroom has cathedral ceilings with exposed beams, while on the lower level there is a two-bedroom, one bathroom staff apartment.
Jonathan Ive, 45, is one of Apple�s most well-known executives and is widely credited with the unique industrial design of the iPod, iPhone, and its other products. A close friend of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the British-born Mr. Ive has led Apple�s design team since 1996. He was knighted earlier this year. He leads one of Apple�s most secretive teams and like most executives at the company, lives a very private life.
