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Irwin Mark Jacobs (born October 18, 1933) is an American electrical engineer and businessman. He is a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute. As of 2019, Jacobs has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. Early life and education.
Mar 5, 2019 · About Irwin Jacobs. Irwin Jacobs cofounded mobile chipmaker Qualcomm in 1985, but, since retiring from its board in 2012, has been focused on giving away his fortune. The Giving Pledge...
Irwin Mark Jacobs was born October 18, 1933 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He received the B.E.E. degree in 1956 from Cornell University, and the M.S. and Sc.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1957 and 1959, respectively.
Man Behind a Billion Connections | Invention Story | Qualcomm. While at UCSD, Jacobs teamed up with a couple of University of California, Los Angeles professors to start Linkabit Corp, a consulting company. He later quit teaching to work there full-time, staying until his retirement in 1985.
Irwin M. Jacobs. Qualcomm. 1985–Present. Industry: Communications. Era: 1980. Jacobs is a pioneer in the wireless technology industry. The company that he founded, Qualcomm, developed a satellite-based communications protocol called CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access.
Apr 25, 2013 · Qualcomm cofounder Irwin M. Jacobs wins the 2013 IEEE Medal of Honor for his pioneering work in digital communications
Irwin M. Jacobs was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for his vision, innovation and leadership in the field of digital wireless communications over the past 25 years; and for his development of Code Division Multiple Access as a commercial technology adopted as a U.S. digital cellular standard providing increased capacity ...
