Sir James Dyson | |
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 Dyson in 2015 | |
| Born | 2 May 1947 |
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Deirdre Hindmarsh (m. 1968) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | James Dyson (grandfather) |
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| Provost of the Royal College of Art | |
| In office 1 August 2011 – 1 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Terence Conran |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Ive (as Chancellor) |
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Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947)[2] is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company.[3][4] He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he is the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion.[5] As of March 2024, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.4 billion.[6]
He served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017,[7][8] and opened a new university, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, on Dyson's Wiltshire campus in September 2017.[9]
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- ^ "James Dyson". Forbes. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Sir James Dyson". Royal College of Art. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Apple's Jony Ive Named Royal College of Art Chancellor". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "James Dyson launches new university to bridge engineering skills gap". The Guardian. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.