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David Sarnoff

1891 - 1971

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David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Russian and American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio and television. He led RCA for most of his career in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970. He headed a conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC, that became one of the largest in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Sarnoff has received more than 908,618 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). David Sarnoff is the 411th most popular businessperson (down from 345th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 98th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, David Sarnoff ranks 411 out of 847. Before him are Ken Aston, William Knox D'Arcy, Edward Colston, Lawrence Stroll, Roy Raymond, and Ron Woodroof. After him are Steve Chen, Charles Yerkes, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Victor Pinchuk, Andrea Agnelli, and Sylvia Beach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, David Sarnoff ranks 164. Before him are Sam Jaffe, Grunya Sukhareva, Federico Moreno Torroba, Alexander Volkov, William F. Albright, and Camille Mandrillon. After him are Harold Jeffreys, Ferdinand Bruckner, Miguel Pro, Carl Spaatz, Edmund Goulding, and Karl Allmendinger. Among people deceased in 1971, David Sarnoff ranks 127. Before him are Carlos P. Garcia, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Joseph Helffrich, Guillermo León Valencia, William Tubman, and William F. Albright. After him are Chester Conklin, Rockwell Kent, Paruyr Sevak, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Richard Montague, and Jean-Pierre Monseré.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, David Sarnoff ranks 128 out of 368. Before him are Roman Golovchenko (1973), Mikhail Yegorov (1923), Alaiza Pashkevich (1876), Alaksandar Milinkievič (1947), Pyotr Masherov (1918), and Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840). After him are Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), Ryhor Baradulin (1935), Sergei Loznitsa (1964), Moisei Ginzburg (1892), and Lev Dovator (1903).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Belarus

Among businesspeople born in Belarus, David Sarnoff ranks 1. After him are Andrey Melnichenko (1972), Leonard Chess (1917), Gary Vaynerchuk (1975), and Jennifer Gilbert (1968).

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