Benjamin Abrams

Benjamin Abrams
BornAugust 18, 1893
Dorohoi, Romania
DiedJune 23, 1967(1967-06-23) (aged 73)
SpouseElizabeth Kramer
FamilyNelson Peltz (son-in-law)

Benjamin Abrams (August 18, 1893 – June 23, 1967)[1] was an American businessman and a founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation after his purchase of Emerson Records in 1922.[2] Along with his brothers he invented a number of devices that are commonplace today, among them midget transistor radios, self-powered radios, and clock radios.[3]

  1. ^ Biography at hbs.edu
  2. ^ "Emerson Radio Shifts Its Management Team (Published 1964)". The New York Times. 1964-03-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. ^ Biography Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Consumer Electronics Association website