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Philippe Kahn

French entrepreneur, camera phone inventor

  • Fame51.7
  • Momentum0.5
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    Born 1952
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Updated 2026-06-21

Philippe Kahn is a French engineer, entrepreneur, and founder of four technology companies: Borland, Starfish Software, LightSurf Technologies, and Fullpower Technologies. Kahn is credited with creating the first camera phone, being a pioneer for wearable technology intellectual property, and is the author of dozens of technology patents covering Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) modeling, wearable, eyewear, smartphone, mobile, imaging, wireless, synchronization and medical technologies.

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