Dov Moran
Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Dov Moran
Born: 1956
Computer-related contributions
- Israeli inventor, businessman, and engineer.
- Founder and chairman of M-Systems, company who invented the DiskOnKey (also known as flash drives or thumb drives).
- Sold M-Systems to SanDisk for the amount of $1.6B (2006).
- Founder and chairman of modu, inventor of the modu, a modular cellular device which can be used in other devices (Sold patents to Google for $4.9B).
- Founded Comigo, which develops an Android-based Smart Set-Top-Box TV platform, in 2012.
Quotes
"My wife gave me a very good lesson: if you talk about your charity work, it isn't charity anymore. It's PR."