James Dyson
British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company (born 1947) · United Kingdom · Scientists
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Something wrong?He turned fifteen years and five thousand prototypes into a vacuum that didn't need a bag - then built an empire worth billions on the principle that better engineering beats every incumbent.
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James Dyson was born 2 May 1947 in England. He spent fifteen years developing a bagless vacuum cleaner that relied on cyclonic separation, building five thousand prototypes before arriving at one that worked. The invention broke the industry's business model and made him a manufacturer. By 2023 he ranked fifth on the Sunday Times Rich List with a family fortune estimated at £23 billion; Forbes pegged his personal net worth at $15.1 billion as of September 2026. He served as Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017, then opened the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology on his Wiltshire campus in September 2017 - a university built to his specifications.
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