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#168 Billionaire

James Dyson

James Dyson
$15.0B
$-44M (-0.3%)
GB · Age 78
Source of wealth: Vacuums
Industry: manufacturing
Residence: Gloucestershire, GB
{ "bio": [ "Frustrated with his family's vacuum, Dyson set out to invent a better version in 1978 using a cyclone to lift dirt.", "Dyson's popular line of intelligent air purifiers claims to have used the data to create the most accurate picture of indoor air quality worldwide.", "In 2019 Dyson scrapped plans to build electric cars after telling staff they were not commercially viable.", "Dyson, who attended art school in London, does not have an engineering degree.", "The company employs more than 6,500 engineers around the world and had $7.8 billion in revenue in 2023." ], "about": [ "After five years of testing and 5,127 prototypes, Dyson invented the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner.", "Dyson's first vacuum was so powerful that its inner-cyclone mechanism separated air and dust at a speed of 924 mph and could pull cigarette smoke from the air." ] }

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