Kensico Cemetery Valhalla, New York, U.S. 41°04′40″N73°47′11″W / 41.0779°N 73.7865°W / 41.0779; -73.7865
Years active
1919–1970
Employers
Marconi Wireless Company
Radio Corporation of America
Board member of
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Spouse
Lizette Hermant
(m. 1917)
Children
3, including Robert W. Sarnoff
Relatives
Eugene Lyons, Bernie Privin, Richard Baer, Bruce J. Oreck
Awards
Junior Achievement US Business Hall of Fame
National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award
Television Hall of Fame posthumously
Radio Hall of Fame posthumously[1]
New Jersey Hall of Fame posthumously
Military career
Nickname(s)
"The General"
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1941–1945
Rank
Brigadier General[2]
Unit
Army Signal Corps
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Knight of the Cross of Lorraine (France)[3]
Companion of the Resistance (France)[3]
Legion of Merit
David Sarnoff (US: /ˈsɑːrnɔːf/;[4] February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Russian[5] and American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio and television. He led RCA for most of his career in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970.
He headed a conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC, that became one of the largest in the world. Named a Reserve Brigadier General of the Signal Corps in 1945, Sarnoff thereafter was widely known as "The General".[3]
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^"How the General Earned his Star". Hagley Museum. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ abcFowle, Farnsworth (10 January 1974). "Mrs. David Sarnoff Dies at 79; Widow of Broadcasting Pioneer". The New York Times. p. 40. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^"Sarnoff". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
^"Genius Who Brought Radio and TV into Homes". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. New York Times. December 16, 1971. p. 71. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. The eldest of five children, [David Sarnoff] was born on Feb. 27, 1891, to a desperately poor itinerant trader ... in a bleak little village in the Russian province of Minsk. ... David Sarnoff, at age 5, with his mother in the village of Uzlian, Russia, where he was born.
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