Robert Metcalfe Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$300,000,000

Robert Metcalfe is a famous electrical engineer and businessman with a net worth of $300 million. He gained his wealth as the founder of 3Com, a pioneering digital electronics manufacturer. Metcalfe is renowned for inventing Ethernet, the local area network that revolutionized communication using PCs.

Key facts:

Robert Metcalfe is an electrical engineer and businessman.

He is the founder of the pioneering digital electronics manufacturer, 3Com.

Metcalfe is the inventor of Ethernet.

He attended the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and earned two B.S degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Management.

Metcalfe went on to earn a M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard, followed by a Ph.D. in Computer Science.

During his time at Harvard, Metcalfe developed a fascination with the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the world's first operating system that shaped the internet.

He dedicated his doctoral dissertation to ARPNET.

Metcalfe worked at Xerox PACS, where he made a mark as an engineer.

He is most notable for inventing Ethernet, the local area network that allows PCs to be used as communication devices.

In 1976, Metcalfe moved to Xerox's system development division and was involved in developing the first ever PC to have a bit map screen, mouse, word processing, Ethernet, and software that allowed the inclusion of text and graphics in the same document.

Basic Information About Robert Metcalfe

Category	Business
Professions	Entrepreneur, Electrical engineer, Engineer, Businessperson, Computer Scientist
Net worth	$300,000,000
Date of birth	1946-04-07 (78 years old)
Place of birth	Brooklyn
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Male
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