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Amar Bose
Amar Gopal Bose was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years. He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation.
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Born 2 November 1929 · Died 12 July 2013 · Q454696
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2013· 3 entries
At the age of 83 in Wayland, Massachusetts
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Died 2013-07-12.
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Bose died on July 12, 2013, at the age of 83 in Wayland, Massachusetts.
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2011· 3 entries
Was listed at #9 on the MIT150 list of the top 150 innovators and ideas from MIT
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Donated a majority of the company to MIT in the form of non-voting shares to sustain and advance MIT's education and research mission
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Bose donated a majority of the company's non-voting shares to MIT on the condition that the shares never be sold
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded IEEE Maxwell Award (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Was no longer on the billionaires list, but returned to the list in 2011, with a net worth of $1
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Bose was listed in Forbes 400 as the 271st richest man in the world, with a net worth of $1
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1964· 1 entry
Bose turned to angel investors, including his MIT thesis advisor and professor, Lee Yuk-wing
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1956· 1 entry
And was disappointed to find that speakers with impressive technical specifications failed to reproduce the realism of a live performance
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-11-02.
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