COMPANY

Founded 1944, invented the videotape recorder and the slow motion instant replay.

Official Website:
http://www.ampex.com/

Industry:
Manufacturing

Ticker:
NASDAQ:AMPX

Corporate headquarters:
Redwood City, CA

Sales:
$53M (2005)

Employees:
125

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander M. Poniatoff	Business	1892	1980	Founder of Ampex

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William A. Stoltzfus, Jr.	Diplomat	3-Nov-1924		US Ambassador to Kuwait, 1972-76

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ray Milton Dolby	Inventor	18-Jan-1933		Inventor of Dolby stereo

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nolan Bushnell	Business	5-Feb-1943		Co-founder of Atari, started Chuck E. Cheese
Larry Ellison	Business	17-Aug-1944		CEO of Oracle
Fakir Musafar	Performance Artist	10-Aug-1930		Coined the term modern primitives

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