COMPANY

Wireless communications firm, founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi.

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

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NASDAQ:QCOM

Corporate headquarters:
San Diego, CA

Sales:
$7.5B (2006)

Employees:
11,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Irwin M. Jacobs	Business	18-Oct-1933		Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Paul E. Jacobs	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Qualcomm
Sanjay Jha	Business	1963		CEO of Motorola Mobility
Len J. Lauer	Business	c. 1957		EVP at Qualcomm
John E. Major	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Novatel Wireless, 2000-03
Andrew J. Viterbi	Engineer	9-Mar-1935		Viterbi Algorithm

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara T. Alexander	Business	c. 1948		Former UBS manager
Donald G. Cruickshank	Government	c. 1942		Director-General of Oftel, 1993-98
Raymond V. Dittamore	Business	c. 1942		Former Partner, Ernst & Young
Irwin M. Jacobs	Business	18-Oct-1933		Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Paul E. Jacobs	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Qualcomm
Robert E. Kahn	Scientist	23-Dec-1938		Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Sherry Lansing	Business	31-Jul-1944		Former Paramount executive
Duane A. Nelles	Business	c. 1942		Former Partner, Coopers & Lybrand
Peter M. Sacerdote	Business	c. 1938		Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Brent Scowcroft	Government	19-Mar-1925		National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB
Marc I. Stern	Business	c. 1944		Chairman, GIMS North America

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Diana Lady Dougan	Diplomat	13-Jan-1943		Former US Ambassador
Neil Kadisha	Business	c. 1955		Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Frank Savage	Business	c. 1940		VP at Equitable Life, 1987-96

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