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Eliyahou Harari[1] is an Israeli-American business executive best known for being the co-founder of SanDisk along with Sanjay Mehrotra.[2]

Early life and education

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Harari was born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Israel.[3] His parents were Polish Jews who at 1933 had immigrated to Palestine before Israel's formation.[3]

He was born and raised in Israel.[4] He completed his Bachelor's Degree at Manchester University in England. He completed his Master's degree in Physics at Princeton University and his subject of study was semiconductors.[4]

Career

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Hughes Aircraft

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As an engineering intern at Hughes Aircraft, he played a major role in the development of the world's first EEPROM.[4]

Intel

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His first job after graduating university was at Intel. He later went to work for a number of startups, including Synertek, Wafer Scale Integration and San Disk.[4]

SanDisk

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He and Sanjay Mehrotra co-founded SanDisk in 1988.[2]

Awards and recognition

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He has more than 180 patents.[5] He has received numerous awards including:

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Eli Harari". NAE Website.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Eli Harari". CHM.
  3. ^ a b c "Eli Harari". National Museum of American History. June 22, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Harari, Eli oral history | 102745933 | Computer History Museum". www.computerhistory.org. June 15, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Eli Harari *73 is Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering". mae.princeton.edu.


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