“Hossein Yassaie, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer of Imagination Technologies Group plc, a leading provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) silicon IP whose technologies power many of the most advanced and iconic smart and feature mobile phones, personal media players, netbooks, tablets, digital radios, TVs and automotive navigation and information devices. Imagination Technologies is also the parent of PURE, the leading global digital radio and connected audio products supplier, #1 radio manufacturer in the UK and world’s #1 in DAB digital radios.”
http://www.futurehorizons.com/assets/hossein_yassaie_biography_2010_tksmods.pdf
“As chief executive of Imagination Technologies, Mr Yassaie has played an integral role in the development of the iPhone, as his company designs the graphic-processor units that help to drive the dynamic display on the screen.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/hossein-yassaie-meet-the-man-with-the-big-imagination-8160782.html
Imagination Technologies “is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.”
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“On 29 December 2012 its Chief Executive Officer, Hossein Yassaie, was awarded a knighthood in the 2013 New Year Honours. The award was given in recognition of his services to technology and innovation.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Technologies
Remarkable people with Iranian roots 