Dolby Laboratories, an initial public offering of 27.5 million shares.
He led the company until its sale through a friendly takeover to Dolby Laboratories in 2005.
The last two known original "Sensurround Model-1" control boxes are owned by Dolby Laboratories.
Putting digital sound on 35-millimeter movie film seemed a daunting task when Dolby Laboratories started working on it in the mid-80's.
So before turning down the lights, he set to disparaging his principal competitor down the hall: Dolby Laboratories.
He left his job in 1991 as a vice president of Dolby Laboratories.
The view at Dolby Laboratories is that SR has at least a 20-year life ahead of it.
He founded Dolby Laboratories with a staff of four and $25,000 from his savings and from friends.
He is the founder of Dolby Laboratories.
It was acquired by Dolby Laboratories, Inc. in April 2007.