Didn't he live Apple a very long time ago?
He "took" several Apple employees with him when he left and there's been a steady stream of Apple employees going to OpenAI.
Ive isn’t responsible for all of them obviously, but the articles about lawsuits says there are 400 former Apple employees at OpenAI.
Without his support, his protege Alan Dye left for Meta and improved the design skills at both companies.