How to pronounce “berkus” in English

there is no iPod. If he doesn't have Tony Fiddel, there is no iPhone. And the list goes on and on.Got a good friend of mine, David Berkus, who wrote a really wonderful book about the myths of genius. And he was telling me that it's a romantic notion. And I rememberwhen I first read this research years ago, no lone inventor, it did kind of hurt my feelings.