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David Sarnoff

1891 - 1971

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David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Russian and American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio and television. He led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for most of his career in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970. He headed a conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC, that became one of the largest in the world. Named a Reserve Brigadier General of the Signal Corps in 1945, Sarnoff thereafter was widely known as "The General". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Sarnoff is the 437th most popular businessperson (down from 411th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Belarus (up from 128th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, David Sarnoff ranks 437 out of 847. Before him are Gaston Gallimard, Wang Jianlin, Armand Hammer, Alfred P. Sloan, Naguib Sawiris, and Aliko Dangote. After him are Lisa Su, Jakob Nielsen, S. Robson Walton, Jim Ratcliffe, Christopher O'Neill, and Mark Cuban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, David Sarnoff ranks 179. Before him are Alberto Savinio, W. Averell Harriman, Erich Marcks, Hugo Lahtinen, Yevgeny Polivanov, and Miguel Pro. After him are Hans von Funck, Edmund Goulding, George Marshall, Alfred Neubauer, Mariano Ospina Pérez, and William F. Albright. Among people deceased in 1971, David Sarnoff ranks 133. Before him are Étienne Gailly, Chester Conklin, Gaito Gazdanov, John Dall, Anthony Berkeley Cox, and Kathleen Lonsdale. After him are Heinz Hopf, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Erich Abraham, Jo Cals, Jean-Pierre Monseré, and William F. Albright.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, David Sarnoff ranks 122 out of 368. Before him are Michael Rohoza (1540), Alaksandar Milinkievič (1947), Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840), Pyotr Masherov (1918), Ryhor Baradulin (1935), and Chiang Fang-liang (1916). After him are Hayder of Crimea (null), Kirill of Turov (1130), Lev Schnirelmann (1905), Alexander Chervyakov (1892), Mikhail Yegorov (1923), and Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Belarus

Among businesspeople born in Belarus, David Sarnoff ranks 1. After him are Andrey Melnichenko (1972), Leonard Chess (1917), Gary Vaynerchuk (1975), and Jennifer Gilbert (1968).

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