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Leading global financial services firm Morgan Stanley has once again chosen its Great Britons of the year, and guess what? Apple’s very own Jonathan Ive managed to beat his two other contenders in the Creative Industry category to claim victory. The award was open to nominations, and thereafter shortlisted to three individuals per category. A final judging panel was then entrusted with the task of choosing the winners; they labelled him as a “rock star in the technology world”.

Ive was up against Michael Boyd and Stephen Fry, the Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director and renowned English actor respectively. He was also awarded the 2007 National Design Award last year (in the area of product design) for the design of the iPhone. Despite being Apple’s senior vice president for industrial design, the man is always humble when interviewed; he attributes the success of any product to teamwork and the individual members.

Via [Morgan Stanley - Great Britons]