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American software engineer (born )

Scott James Forstall (born August 28, ) is an American software engineer, known for leading the original software development team for the iPhone and iPad. Having spent his career first at NeXT and then Apple, he was the senior vice president (SVP) of iOS Software at Apple Inc. from until October

After leaving Apple, Forstall has been a Broadway producer known for co-producing the Tony award-winning Fun Home and Eclipsed with Molly Forstall, his wife, among others.

Early life and education

Forstall grew up in a middle-class family in Kitsap County, Washington, the second-born of three boys to a registered-nurse mother Jeanne and an engineer father Tom Forstall.^[2][3] His older brother Bruce is also a senior software design engineer, at Microsoft.^[4]

A gifted student for whom skills such as programming "came easily where they were difficult for others", Forstall qualified for advanced-pl