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Mar 22, 1919 Akron, Ohio, United States Died on 28 Aug 2014 (aged 95)
American businessman
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About Andrew Kay
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- Kay (January 22, 1919 – August 28, 2014) was a businessman and innovator.
- He was President and CEO of Kaypro, a personal computer company, which at one time was the world’s fourth largest manufacturer of computers, and the largest in the world in sales of portable computers.Kay, a 1940 graduate of MIT, started his career with Bendix followed by two years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- In 1952, Kay founded Non-Linear Systems, a manufacturer of digital instrumentation.
- NLS developed a reputation for providing rugged durability in critical applications for everything from submarines to spacecraft.
- At NLS he invented the digital voltmeter, in 1954. Kaypro began selling computers in the early 1980s.
- In 1985, it had more than $120 million in revenues, dwarfing what had been its parent, NLS.
- But the company's success was relatively short-lived; in 1990 it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and it was liquidated in 1992.In the late 1990s, Kay founded Kay Computers, which similarly manufactured and sold personal computers.
- The company lasted for less than ten years. Kay later was a Senior Business Advisor to Accelerated Composites, LLC. He co-founded the Rotary Club of Del Mar, California.
