British inventor, industrial designer, farmer and business magnate (born 1947)
For other people named James Dyson, see James Dyson (disambiguation).
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Sir
James Dyson
OM CBE RDI FRS FREng FCSD FIET
Dyson in 2015
Born
(1947-05-02) 2 May 1947 (age 77)
Cromer, Norfolk, England
Alma mater
Byam Shaw School of Art
Royal College of Art
Occupations
Inventor
industrial designer
farmer
business magnate
Spouse
Deirdre Hindmarsh
(m. 1968)
Children
3
Relatives
James Dyson (grandfather)
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1998)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2005)
Knight Bachelor (2007)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2015)[1]
Order of Merit (2016)
Provost of the Royal College of Art
In office 1 August 2011 (2011-08-01) – 1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
Preceded by
Terence Conran
Succeeded by
Jonathan Ive (as Chancellor)
Website
dyson.co.uk
jamesdysonaward.org
jamesdysonfoundation.com
Sir James DysonOM CBE RDI FRS FREng FCSD FIET (born 2 May 1947)[2] is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company.[3][4] He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he is the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion.[5] As of March 2024, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.4 billion.[6]
He served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017,[7][8] and opened a new university, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, on Dyson's Wiltshire campus in September 2017.[9]
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^Jolly, Jasper (23 October 2018). "Dyson to build electric cars in Singapore – with 2021 launch planned". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^"Singapore and the EU fly the flag of free trade". Asia Times. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^Watts, Robert, ed. (19 May 2023). "The Sunday Times Rich List 2023". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^"James Dyson". Forbes. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^"Sir James Dyson". Royal College of Art. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^"Apple's Jony Ive Named Royal College of Art Chancellor". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^"James Dyson launches new university to bridge engineering skills gap". The Guardian. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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