David Hall
Alameda, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Case Western Reserve University
United States
Velodyne Lidar
automotive technology, Self Made
$1,000,000,000
2057
#2057 Billionaires 2019
David Hall is at the forefront of the self-driving car revolution with his LiDAR sensors that allow vehicles to see what's around them.He first patented a LiDAR sensor in 2006 as part of a race for autonomous vehicles sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.Hall, an engineer, founded Velodyne in 1983 as an audio equipment company, selling speakers with a patented sub-woofer starting at $2,000.
Hall made a robot for a TV show called "Robot Wars" that finished second-place in the 2001 world championship.Hall's father was also an engineer and his grandfather was a physicist.
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