The Sunday Times' article here seems to relate more to the fact he's about to get on their rich list ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Rich_List http:

The Sunday Times' article here seems to relate more to the fact he's about to get on their rich list ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Rich_List http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times_Rich_List ). From their (paywall'd) article: 'Jonathan “Jonny” Ive [...] is set to reap an £18m windfall from Apple, the world’s second-largest company.' 'The windfall will take his personal fortune to more than £80m, propelling him into The Sunday Times Rich List. Not bad for a man who once designed lavatories' The relevant bits to him leaving: '[Ive] wants to spend more time at a £2.5m Georgian manor house he has bought in Somerset and commute to Apple headquarters in Silicon Valley. He already has homes in San Francisco and Hawaii.' 'Friends say he is at loggerheads with the Apple board, who insist he stays in the US, especially when he may need to take over from Steve Jobs, 56, Apple’s perfectionist founder, who has taken medical leave of absence.' Sounds a little speculative, that. 'A friend of the family in Somerset, who asked not to be named, said: “Unfortunately he is just too valuable to Apple and they told him in no uncertain terms that if he headed back to England he would not be able to sustain his position with them."' Right. So an anonymous friend of the family? I get the feeling that information is being vastly distorted here.