He didn't flop. He's had a number of high-status bespoke projects, including the coronation logo for King Charles and a redesign of Christie's (auction house) podium.

He's not doing commoditised consumer design any more. He has enough money now, so he no longer needs to. The most consumer-oriented work recently has been an interior for the new Ferrari Luce EV.

I agree his post-Jobs years at Apple were somewhere between mediocre and hopeless (gradients...) and not many people seem to miss him.

Although to be fair, he wasn't responsible for Liquid Glass, which has set the bar for design failure at Apple to new depths.

OpenAI acquired his company for Billions. maybe the products flopped but he did fine for himself personally

This is, by far, the most insane take i've ever heard.

The guy litterally built modern apple from the ground up in equal with Jobs.