Philippe Kahn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Philippe Kahn
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Mar 16, 1952(1952-03-16)
Age	72
Birthplace	France
Country	France
Birth City	Paris
Horoscope	Pisces

Philippe Kahn Biography

Philippe Kahn is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on March 16, 1952 in France, Paris, France. Best known for developing the world’s first camera-doubling mobile phone, this French-born entrepreneur also became famous as the founder of the Starfish Software, Fullpower Technologies, and LightSurf Technologies companies.

He and mobile phone inventor Martin Cooper both became famous as technological entrepreneurs.

Kahn founded Borland in 1982, and was its CEO until 1995. At the time it was a competitor of Microsoft’s, and produced programming language compilers and software development tools. Its first product, Turbo Pascal, sold for $49.95 at a time when programming tools cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. Kahn was President, CEO, and Chairman of Borland and, without venture capital, took Borland from no revenues to a US$500 million run-rate. Kahn and the Borland board came to a disagreement on how to focus the company. In January 1995, Kahn was forced by the board to resign from his position as CEO, and he founded Starfish Software.

Under Kahn’s direction, Borland became the first software company to offer domestic partners full benefits and a pioneer for gay rights in Silicon Valley. Kahn was a key speaker at the pivotal gay rights conference on the Apple campus on October 19, 1993.

The son of a Holocaust survivor and violinist mother and an engineer father, he was raised in Paris, France. He later married fellow entrepreneur Sonia Lee, with whom he had one child (he had fathered several other children through an earlier marriage).

Philippe Kahn Net Worth

Philippe Kahn is one of the richest Entrepreneur from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Philippe Kahn 's net worth $2 Billion. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After studying mathematics at both the University of Nice (in France) and ETH Zurich University (in Switzerland), he earned a master’s degree in music from the Zurich Conservatory.

As the owner of the Borland Software Corporation, he made headlines for offering complete benefits to the domestic partners of his company’s gay employees.

Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952) is a mathematician, technology innovator, entrepreneur and founder of four technology companies: Fullpower Technologies, LightSurf Technologies, Starfish Software and Borland. Kahn is credited with creating the first camera phone, being a pioneer for wearable technology intellectual property, and is the author of dozens of technology patents covering Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) modeling, wearable, eyewear, smartphone, mobile, imaging, wireless, synchronization and medical technologies.

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Who is Philippe Kahn Dating?

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Fullpower, founded in 2005, provides a patented ecosystem for wearable and Internet of Things sensor-fusion solutions supporting networks of sensors. The company’s expertise is sleep monitoring technology using sensors and artificial intelligence.

Facts & Trivia

Philippe Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Philippe Kahn celebrates birthday on March 16 of every year.

Kahn has founded four software companies: Fullpower Technologies, founded in 2005, LightSurf Technologies, founded in 1998 (acquired by Verisign in 2005), Starfish Software, founded in 1994 (acquired by Motorola in 1998, and subsequently Google in 2011), and Borland, founded in 1982 (acquired by Micro Focus in 2009).

What did Philippe Kahn invent?

Kahn is credited with creating the first camera phone , being a pioneer for wearable technology intellectual property, and is the author of dozens of technology patents covering Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) modeling, wearable, eyewear, smartphone, mobile, imaging, wireless, synchronization and …

When was camera phone invented in France?

The first camera phone was created by a Parisian and the first picture he took and sent to family and friends was of his new-born daughter, Sophie, on June 11, 1997 (see below).

When did Philippe Kahn invent the phone camera?

Sloan Science & Film. When the Internet was four years old , Philippe Kahn invented a device to instantly share a photo of his newborn girl. It was 1997, and Apple had released one of the first digital cameras into the consumer market just three years earlier. Flip phones were cutting edge.

Who invented mobile phone?

Martin Cooper

Who made the first cell phone picture?

Tech entrepreneur and new dad Philippe Kahn took the first cell phone picture ever.