James Dyson
Technology · United Kingdom
Net worth
$9.8B
Lifetime giving
$210M
Share of wealth given
2.1%
Impact Score
46
Impact rank
#65
Hypothetical wealth
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James Dyson is a British inventor, industrial designer, and entrepreneur best known as the founder and chairman of Dyson. He left Norfolk, England, to study furniture and interior design at the Royal College of Art, began by designing products for other companies, and later built Dyson around a bagless cyclonic vacuum after developing thousands of prototypes. [1][5][6]