AMAR BOSE- THE INVENTOR
Born: November 2, 1929
Achievements: Founder of Bose Corporation
Featured in 2006 Forbes Billionaires list
Net Worth: $1.5 billion
Amar Bose, Founder and Chairman of the Bose Corporation, was born November 2, 1929. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of acoustics. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Nani Gopal Bose, was a revolutionary freedom fighter who emigrated from Kolkata to escape British prosecution.
He did his schooling from Abington Senior High School and graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early 1950s. He also completed his Ph. D. from MIT.
He founded Bose Corporation in 1964. In 1968, he invented the 901(R) Direct/Reflecting (R) speaker system. Bose’s 901(R) speakers remained an industry benchmark for 25 years. Today, the Bose Corporation is a name for quality which manufactures top-end products for homes, cars professional audio systems and conducts basic research in acoustics, automotive systems and other areas. He was also a professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT for many years until he retired in 2000.
Amar Bose has over two-dozen patents to his name. He has earned many awards including the Inventor of the Year in 1997 and the Distinguished Service Citation in 2007. His estimated net worth is $1.5 billion.
Born: November 2, 1929
Achievements: Founder of Bose Corporation
Featured in 2006 Forbes Billionaires list
Net Worth: $1.5 billion
Amar Bose, Founder and Chairman of the Bose Corporation, was born November 2, 1929. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of acoustics. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Nani Gopal Bose, was a revolutionary freedom fighter who emigrated from Kolkata to escape British prosecution.
He did his schooling from Abington Senior High School and graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early 1950s. He also completed his Ph. D. from MIT.
He founded Bose Corporation in 1964. In 1968, he invented the 901(R) Direct/Reflecting (R) speaker system. Bose’s 901(R) speakers remained an industry benchmark for 25 years. Today, the Bose Corporation is a name for quality which manufactures top-end products for homes, cars professional audio systems and conducts basic research in acoustics, automotive systems and other areas. He was also a professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT for many years until he retired in 2000.
Amar Bose has over two-dozen patents to his name. He has earned many awards including the Inventor of the Year in 1997 and the Distinguished Service Citation in 2007. His estimated net worth is $1.5 billion.
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