Apple Executive Who Invented iPhone Screen and Touch ID Is Leaving

  • Steve Hotelling oversaw many key technologies at Apple
  • Executive was a top deputy under hardware boss Johny Srouji
Under Steve Jobs, Hotelling helped invent the touch-screen technology at the core of the iPhone.Photographer: Eric Slomanson/Bloomberg
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Apple Inc.’s senior executive overseeing touch-screen technology, health sensors and the company’s Face ID interface is leaving the company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Steve Hotelling, most recently a company vice president, is retiring from Apple, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the move hasn’t been announced. He had reported to Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies.