The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, founded by the Consumer Electronics Association

Consumer Electronics Association

The Consumer Electronics Association is a standards and trade organization for the consumer electronics industry in the United States. The Consumer Electronics Association is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $173 billion U.S...

 (CEA), honors leaders whose creativity, persistence, determination and personal charisma helped to shape the industry and made the consumer electronics marketplace what it is today. According to the CEA, the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame inductees have made a significant contribution to the world, and without these people, our lives would not be the same.

The CEA announced the first 50 inductees into the Hall of Fame at the 2000 International Consumer Electronics Show

Consumer Electronics Show

The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...

. The first class of inductees was in 2000. Each year another group of inventors, engineers, business leaders, retailers and journalists are inducted into the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.

Inductees

2009 Inductees
Maurice Cohen	Ralph Mathews
Norman Cohen	Aaron Neretin
Philip Cohen	John Shalam
Joseph Flaherty	Walton Stinson
Karl Hassel	Neil Terk
Irwin M. Jacobs Irwin M. Jacobs Irwin Mark Jacobs , is an electrical engineer and the co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute. In 2010, Jacobs was listed as number 828 on Forbes's annual list of the World's Top Billionaires.-Education:Jacobs earned his B.S...	Richard E. Wiley Richard E. Wiley Richard E. Wiley served as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from March 8, 1970 -October 12, 1977 where he advocated increased competition and lessened regulation in the communications field...
Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
2008 Inductees
Ken Kutaragi Ken Kutaragi is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment , the video game division of Sony Corporation. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3.Before this...	Dr. Fritz Sennheiser Fritz Sennheiser Fritz Sennheiser was a German inventor and entrepreneur who founded and served as chairman of Sennheiser Electronic, a manufacturer of audio equipment.-Early life and education:...
Dean Dunlavey	Engineering Team: Martin Cooper and Donald Linder
Joe Clayton	Eddy Hartenstein
Warren Lieberfarb Warren Lieberfarb Warren N. Lieberfarb is Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC , a boutique consulting and investment firm based in Los Angeles focused on digital media technology and distribution....	Retailing Team: Jewel Abt and David Abt
Richard Sharp	Hans Fantel
2007 Inductees
Paul Allen Paul Allen Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates...	John McDonald John McDonald John McDonald may refer to:*John McDonald , businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West*John McDonald , member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1911–1914...
Dr. Amar Bose Amar Bose Amar Gopal Bose is an Bengali American electrical engineer, sound engineer and billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation...	Steven Sasson Steven Sasson Steven J. Sasson , is an American electrical engineer and the inventor of the digital camera. Sasson is a 1972 and 1973 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in electrical engineering.-Biography:...
Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg Karlheinz Brandenburg Karlheinz Brandenburg is an audio engineer who has contributed to the audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3, more commonly known as MP3.- Biography :...	Richard Schulze Richard M. Schulze Dick Schulze is the founder and chairman of Best Buy. He currently lives in Bonita Springs, Florida.He was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he graduated from Central High School. He subsequently spent time in the U.S. Air Force with the Minnesota Air National Guard. He has an...
William G. Crutchfield, Jr.	Dr. Dieter Seitzer
James Edward Day	Art Weinberg
Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser
2006 Inductees
Dr. Donald Bitzer Donald Bitzer Donald L. Bitzer is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He was the co-inventor of the plasma display, is largely regarded as the "father of PLATO", and has made a career of improving classroom productivity by using computer and telecommunications technologies.The creation of...	Howard Ladd
John F. Doyle	Gordon Moore Gordon Moore Gordon Earle Moore is the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's Law .-Life and career:...
Robert Galvin	A.J. Richard
Andrew S. Grove Andrew Grove Andrew Stephen Grove , is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American Businessman/ Engineer, Author & a science pioneer in the semiconductor industry. He escaped from Communist-controlled Hungary at the age of 20 and moved to the U.S., where he finished his education...	John Roach
George Heilmeier	H. Gene Slottow
Dr. Nicholas Holonyak	Robert Willson
2005 Inductees
Ken Crane	Art Levis
Joseph Donahue Joseph Donahue Joseph Donahue is an American poet, critic, and editor. Donahue was born in Dallas, Texas, on September 22, 1954 and grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. He attended Columbia University and lived for many years in New York City...	Jack Luskin
Harry Elias	Masaharu Matsushita
George Fezell	John Winegard
Saul Gold	Engineering Team: William Hewlett William Reddington Hewlett William Redington Hewlett was an engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company . He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan where is father taught at the Univerisy of Michigan Medical School...  and David Packard David Packard David Packard was a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard , serving as president , CEO , and Chairman of the Board . He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969–1971 during the Nixon administration...
2004 Inductees
Alan Dower Blumlein	Paul Klipsch
Henry Brief	Norio Ohga Norio Ohga , otherwise spelled Norio Oga, was the former president and chairman of Sony Corporation, credited with spurring the development of the compact disc as a commercially viable audio format.-Early career:...
Robert E. Gerson	Dr. Woo Paik
Ken Kai	Steven Wozniak Steve Wozniak Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak is an American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer, Co. with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne...
Jerry Kalov	Wireless Team: Richard Frenkiel and Joel S. Engel Joel S. Engel Joel S. Engel is an American engineer, known for fundamental contributions to the development of cellular networks.Born in New York City, he obtained a B.Sc. in engineering at City College of New York...
2003 Inductees
Herbert Borchardt Herbert Borchardt Herbert Borchardt was a highly decorated Leutnant der Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Jules Steinberg
Leonard Feldman	Kenjiro Takayanagi Kenjiro Takayanagi was a Japanese pioneer in the development of television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television".-Career:...
Kees A. Schouhamer Immink Kees A. Schouhamer Immink Kornelis Antonie Schouhamer Immink is a Dutch scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording including popular digital media such as Compact Disc, DVD and Blu-Ray Disc. He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who...	Joseph Tushinsky Joseph Tushinsky Joseph Tushinsky, was an American electronics industry pioneer, inventor, musician, and co-founded in 1954 Sony/Superscope Inc. He is considered to be "The Father of Stereo". In 1964 Superscope Inc. purchased the Marantz Co., the legendary Audio Electronics mfg...
William Kasuga	Alan Wurtzel
Atwater Kent
2002 Inductees
Ernst F.W. Alexanderson Ernst Alexanderson Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who was a pioneer in radio and television development.-Background:...	Walter Fisher Walter Fisher Credited with formalizing Kenneth Burke's Dramatism, Walter Fisher introduced the narrative paradigm to communication theory. Fisher is Professor Emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communication....
Bernard Appel	Raymond Gates
W.G.B. Baker	William Powell Lear
William E. Boss	Sol Polk
Richard Ekstract	Jack K. Sauter
2001 Inductees
Emil Berliner	Earl Muntz
Sir John Ambrose Fleming	Valdemar Poulsen Valdemar Poulsen Valdemar Poulsen was a Danish engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder in 1899.-Biography:He was born on 23 November 1869 in Copenhagen...
Hugo Gernsback Hugo Gernsback Hugo Gernsback , born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgian American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with H. G...	George Westinghouse George Westinghouse George Westinghouse, Jr was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. Westinghouse was one of Thomas Edison's main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system...
Peter Laurits Jensen
2000 Inductees
Benjamin Abrams Benjamin Abrams Benjamin Abrams was a Romanian-born American businessman and a founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation after his purchase of Emerson Records in 1922...	Ray Dolby Ray Dolby Ray Dolby is the American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He was also a co-inventor of video tape recording while at Ampex. He is the founder of Dolby Laboratories.-Biography:...	Masaru Ibuka Masaru Ibuka Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony....	Alexander M. Poniatoff Alexander M. Poniatoff Alexander Matveevich Poniatoff was a Russian-American electrical engineer.Poniatoff was born 25 March 1892 in Aisha, Zelenodolsky District, Tatarstan, Russian Empire. He emigrated from Russia to China, where he worked for the Shanghai Power Company until he emigrated to the United States in 1927...
Robert Adler Robert Adler Robert Adler was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.-Achievements:Adler was born in Vienna in 1913. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Vienna in 1937.Following Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939, Dr. Adler, a Jew, left the country...	Allen DuMont Allen B. DuMont Allen Balcom DuMont also spelled Du Mont, was an American scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public...	Eldridge Johnson Eldridge R. Johnson Eldridge Reeves Johnson co-created the Victor Talking Machine Company alongside Emile Berliner, a United States corporation, and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time.In...	Ed Roberts
Edwin Armstrong Edwin Armstrong Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American electrical engineer and inventor. Armstrong was the inventor of modern frequency modulation radio....	Thomas Edison Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...	Jack Kilby Jack Kilby Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American physicist who took part in the invention of the integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. He is credited with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip...	David Sarnoff David Sarnoff David Sarnoff was an American businessman and pioneer of American commercial radio and television. He founded the National Broadcasting Company and throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his...
John Logie Baird John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube...	Carl Eilers	Henry Kloss Henry Kloss Henry Kloss was a prominent American audio engineer and businessman who helped advance high fidelity loudspeaker and radio receiver technology beginning in the 1950s. Kloss was an undergraduate student in physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology , but never received a degree...	Hermon Hosmer Scott Hermon Hosmer Scott Hermon Hosmer Scott was a pioneer in the Hi-Fi industry and founder of H.H. Scott, Inc., in Somerville, Massachusetts. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Scott later earned his doctorate from Lowell Institute. In the...
William Balderston	Philo T. Farnsworth	John Koss Sr.	Yuma Shiraishi
John Bardeen John Bardeen John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a...	Reginald Aubrey Fessenden	David Lachenbruch	William Shockley William Shockley William Bradford Shockley Jr. was an American physicist and inventor. Along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, Shockley co-invented the transistor, for which all three were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s...
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....	Avery Fisher Avery Fisher Avery Robert Fisher was an audio specialist who made numerous contributions to the field of sound reproduction.-Early life:...	James B. Lansing	Ross Siragusa Sr.
Andre Blay Andre Blay -Role in growth of home video industry:Blay co-founded Stereodyne, the nation’s first eight-track and cassette duplication company, in 1966.Blay then founded an audio/video production and duplication company in 1968 called Magnetic Video...	Frank Freimann	Saul Marantz	Shizuo Takano
Walter Brattain	Paul Galvin	Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...	Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
Karl Ferdinand Braun Karl Ferdinand Braun Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of the radio and television technology: he shared with Guglielmo Marconi the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Biography:Braun was born in Fulda, Germany, and...	Charles Ginsburg Charles Ginsburg Charles Ginsburg was an engineer and the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the first practical videotape recorders....	Konosuke Matsushita Konosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Panasonic, a company based in the suburb of Kadoma , Osaka in Japan. For many Japanese, he is known as "the god of management"...	Jack Wayman
Nolan Bushnell Nolan Bushnell Nolan K. Bushnell is an American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain...	Peter Goldmark Peter Carl Goldmark Peter Carl Goldmark was a German-Hungarian engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph disc, the standard for incorporating multiple or lengthy recorded works on a single disc for two generations...	Cmdr. Eugene McDonald Jr. Eugene F. McDonald Eugene F. McDonald founded Zenith Radio in 1921, a major American radio and electronics concern.He was born in 1886 in Syracuse, New York. His father was variously remembered as a storekeeper and insurance salesman. McDonald dropped out of high school at age 14 to help support the family.In 1904,...	Vladimir Zworykin Vladimir Zworykin Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes...
Powel Crosley Jr. Powel Crosley Jr. Powel Crosley, Jr. was an American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur. He and his brother Lewis were responsible for many "firsts" in consumer products and broadcasting. He was the builder of the Crosley automobiles. He was the owner of the Cincinnati Reds major league baseball team for...	Dr. Sidney Harman Sidney Harman Sidney Harman was an American businessman active in education, government, industry, and publishing. He was the Chairman Emeritus of Harman International Industries, Inc. Harman served as the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce in 1977 and 1978. As of August 2010 Harman was also the publisher of...	Akio Morita Akio Morita Akio Morita KBE was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.-Early life:...
Lee DeForest	Heinrich Hertz	Robert Noyce Robert Noyce Robert Norton Noyce , nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968...