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Ray Dolby

Sound sultan played clarinet as a child. Hired by Ampex at age 16, played integral role in developing company's first videotape recording system; left to get Ph.D. in physics at England's University of Cambridge. Founded Dolby Laboratories in London 1965; made fortune by eliminating background noise from recordings. Public 2005; shares up 15% in the past 12 months. Acquired cell phone sound-compression outfit Coding Technologies last November for $250 million.

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Board Memberships

San Francisco Symphony

• Governor

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 3

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 4 contributions · 37,300 USD ('08→'12)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 2 contributions · 15,000 USD ('96)

Ohio Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 7,386 USD ('12)

Dianne Feinstein Former US Senator from California, San Francisco mayor

• 3 contributions · 7,000 USD ('11→'12)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD ('12)

Barbara Boxer Former US Senator and Representative from California

• 2 contributions · 4,800 USD ('09)

Democratic Executive Committee of Florida

• 1 contribution · 4,616 USD ('12)

Charles Brown

• 2 contributions · 4,600 USD ('07→'08)

Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal

• 1 contribution · 4,000 USD ('12)

Democratic Party of Wisconsin

• 1 contribution · 3,693 USD ('12)

Family

David Dolby Dolby Laboratories

• son

Dagmar Dolby Widow of Ray Dolby, who founded Dolby Laboratories

• wife ('62→'13)*

Schools

University of Cambridge Public research university in Cambridge, England

• Doctorate

Stanford University One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

• Bachelor of Arts / Science

Updated about 5 years ago

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	1933
Date of death	2013