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James Dyson
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British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company (born 1947)
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James Dyson was born on 2 May 1947 in Cromer and works as an inventor, industrial designer, entrepreneur and farmer. He was educated at Gresham's School and the Royal College of Art, and holds British citizenship. He is a Knight Bachelor and a Fellow of the Royal Society, of which he is also a member.
Dyson received the Royal Designer for Industry award and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent, the Museum of Modern Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is recognised in the Royal Society collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1947-05-02 ) 2 May 1947 (age 79) , Cromer , Norfolk , England
- Alma mater
- Byam Shaw School of Art Royal College of Art
- Occupations
- Inventor industrial designer farmer business magnate
- Spouse
- Deirdre Hindmarsh ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 )
- Relatives
- James Dyson (grandfather)
- Preceded by
- Terence Conran
- Succeeded by
- Jonathan Ive (as Chancellor)
- Website
- dyson .co .uk jamesdysonaward .org jamesdysonfoundation .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cromer
- Occupation
- designer
- Educated at
- Gresham's School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Order of Merit
- Noble title
- Knight Bachelor
- Official website
- www.jamesdysonfoundation.com
- Image
- James Dyson in February 2013.jpg
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- Commons category
- James Dyson
- date of birth
- 1947-05-02
- member of
- Royal Society
- has works in the collection
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- floruit
- 2015-00-00
- social media followers
- 16900
- described at URL
- www.tatlerasia.com/people/james-dyson
- affiliation string
- Dyson
- affiliation
- Dyson
- name in native language
- James Dyson
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is an English inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he was the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2025, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.3 billion.
Dyson served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017, and opened a new university, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, on Dyson's Wiltshire campus in September 2017.
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