Eli Harari

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

Eli Harari
Born1945
TitleFounder of SanDisk

Early life and education

He 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 the state of 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

Hughes Aircraft

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

Intel

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

SanDisk

He founded SanDisk in 1988 along with Sanjay Mehrotra.[2]

Awards and recognition

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

References

  1. "Dr. Eli Harari". NAE Website.
  2. "Dr. Eli Harari". CHM.
  3. "Eli Harari". National Museum of American History. June 22, 2016.
  4. Harari, Eli oral history | 102745933 | Computer History Museum. June 15, 2011. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. "Eli Harari *73 is Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering". mae.princeton.edu.


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