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Andy Rubin is an American computer scientist, businessperson, and inventor. He was born in Chappaqua in 1963. Rubin is a male citizen of the United States who speaks English.
He has been employed by Apple Inc. and Google. In addition to his work in technology, he is an author. His published work includes the title *Goodbye Earth*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Goodbye Earth
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Key facts
- Born
- Andrew E. Rubin , ( 1963-03-13 ) March 13, 1963 (age 63) , Chappaqua, New York
- Education
- Utica College
- Occupation
- Partner at Redpoint Ventures
- Known for
- Android
- Spouse
- Rie Hirabaru (divorced)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andy
- Family name
- Rubin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chappaqua
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- 2008 Google Developer Day in Japan - Andy Rubin.jpg
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- Andy Rubin
- date of birth
- 1963-03-13
- name in native language
- Andy Rubin
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Encyclopedic overview
Andrew E. Rubin (born March 13, 1963) is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Rubin founded Danger Inc. in 1999 and left in 2003; Danger was eventually acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Rubin founded Android Inc. in 2003, which was acquired by Google in 2005; Rubin served as a Google vice president for nine years and led Google's efforts in creating and promoting the Android operating system for mobile phones and other devices during most of his tenure. Rubin left Google in 2014, initially presented as a voluntary departure; but later revealed to be a dismissal due to allegations of sexual harassment by Rubin. Rubin then served as co-founder and CEO of venture capital firm Playground Global from 2015 to 2019. Rubin also helped found Essential Products in 2015, a mobile phone start-up that closed in 2020 without finding a buyer. In 2019, Rubin was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andy Rubin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.