Jaap Haartsen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jaap Haartsen
Occupation	Inventor
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1963(1963-02-13)
Age	61
Birthplace	The Hague
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Birth City	The Hague
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jaap Haartsen Biography

Jaap Haartsen is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on February 13, 1963 in The Hague, The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen (born 13 February 1963, The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch electrical engineer, researcher, inventor and entrepreneur best known for his role in producing the specification for Bluetooth.

Jaap Haartsen Net Worth

Jaap Haartsen is one of the richest Inventor from Kingdom of the Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jaap Haartsen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He obtained his master of science degree in 1986 in electrical engineering (with honors) at the Delft University of Technology. After a brief period at Siemens in The Hague and Philips in Eindhoven, he continued his studies and in 1990 obtained a PhD degree from the Delft University of Technology (also with honors) defending the thesis titled Programmable surface acoustic wave detection in silicon: design of programmable filters. Since 1991 he worked for Ericsson, first in United States between 1991 and 1993 and later, between 1993 and 1997, in Sweden. While working for Ericsson Mobile Terminal Division in Lund, he developed Bluetooth specification. Later, in 1997 he moved to Ericsson division in Emmen. Between 2000 and 2008 he was a part-time professor at University of Twente, teaching mobile radio communications systems. Currently, he’s a wireless expert at Plantronics. In 2015, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

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Facts & Trivia

Jaap Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands. Jaap Haartsen celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.

Who is father of Bluetooth?

Jaap Haartsen has been active in the area of wireless communications for more than 25 years. In 1994, he laid the foundations for the system that was later known as the Bluetooth Wireless Technology, enabling connections between a seemingly endless array of devices.

Who does Jaap Haartsen work for?

He was a wireless expert at Plantronics. In 2015, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Currently, he is a partner of an Assen based consumer electronics company, Dopple.

Why did Jaap Haartsen call Bluetooth?

Jaap Haartsen was issued the patent for Bluetooth; a nearly ubiquitous technology synonymous with mobility and a mobile lifestyle. His colleagues borrowed Bluetooth’s name from the 10th century King of Denmark, King Harald Bluetooth, who was famous for uniting Scandinavia.

Who first discovered Bluetooth?

Bluetooth technology Working in the mobile phone division of Ericsson in the mid-1990s, Dutch engineer Jaap Haartsen found a revolutionary way to connect electronic gadgets to each other at short range without the use of cables, using a variety of low-power radio frequencies.

Why Bluetooth is called Bluetooth?

So what does it mean? Surprisingly, the name dates back more than a millennia to King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson who was well known for two things: Uniting Denmark and Norway in 958. His dead tooth, which was a dark blue/grey color, and earned him the nickname Bluetooth.