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Bookmark or Share- David Sarnoff | The Sarnoff CollectionDavid Sarnoff (1891-1971) was not an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist. Instead, as a corporate manager and executive he championed the development of broadcast communications. He advocated, supported, financed, and oversaw the development of radio in the 1910s and 1920s, and then television from the 1930s through the 1950s.
- David Sarnoff | Biography & Facts | BritannicaDavid Sarnoff, American pioneer in the development of both radio and television broadcasting. Sarnoff became president of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in 1930 and chairman of the board in 1949. Learn more about Sarnoff’s life and work in this article.
- Sarnoff, David | Encyclopedia.comDavid Sarnoff is one of the most famous business leaders in U.S. history. He arrived in the United States as a poor child from Russia in 1900. Over the next thirty years, he worked his way up through the ranks of the communications industry to become president of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).
- David Sarnoff summary | BritannicaDavid Sarnoff, (born Feb. 27, 1891, Minsk, Russia—died Dec. 12, 1971, New York, N.Y., U.S.), Russian-born U.S. communications executive. After immigrating with his family to New York in 1900, he left school to work for the Marconi telegraph company.
- David Sarnoff | Encyclopedia.comDavid Sarnoff. 1891-1971. Russian-American businessman who became a pioneer in television and radio broadcasting. David Sarnoff was born in Minsk, Russia, and traveled via steerage with his family to New York nine years later.
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