David Sarnoff Net Worth

David Sarnoff net worth is
$850,000

David Sarnoff Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

David Sarnoff (Belarusian: Даві́д Сарно́ў, Russian: Дави́д Сарно́в, February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was an American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television. Throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970.He ruled over an ever-growing telecommunications and consumer electronics empire that included both RCA and NBC, and became one of the largest companies in the world. Named a Reserve Brigadier General of the Signal Corps in 1945, Sarnoff thereafter was widely known as "The General."Sarnoff is credited with Sarnoff's law, which states that the value of a broadcast network is proportional to the number of viewers.

Net Worth	$850,000
Date Of Birth	February 27, 1891
Died	1971-12-12
Place Of Birth	Uzlyany, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vuzlany, Minsk Oblast, Belarus]
Profession	Producer, Actor
Spouse	Lizette Hermant
Children	Robert W., Edward, and Thomas W.
Nicknames	David Sarnoff, Sarnoff, David
Star Sign	Pisces

#	Quote
1	Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe.
2	I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself.
3	Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth. [First message sent with atomic-powered electricity, 27 January 1954]

#	Fact
1	He was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2013 for his services to enterprise.
2	Grandfather of Rosita Sarnoff (born 1943) of New York City.
3	He would mispronounce the great conductor Arturo Toscanini's name as "Toscaninny" (it was not intended as an insult).
4	Father of Robert W. Sarnoff.
5	Father-in-law of Anna Moffo.
6	Twice made the cover of Time Magazine, almost exactly 32 years apart: July 15, 1929, and July 23, 1951.
7	David Sarnoff was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989.
8	Founded The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and is credited for being the premier innovator of radio and television.
9	Became President of RCA Victor at age 32.
10	Invented the idea of linking radio stations nationally over telephone lines, eventually leading to the foundation of NBC.
11	Long claimed to have picked up the first distress signals from the ship that was trying to rescue the Titanic. In 1977 Carl Dreher, an RCA engineer, revealed in Sarnoff: An American Success that the Marconi station was not in operation that night and Marconi had in fact closed the station in the Wanamaker Building.
12	Children: Robert, William and Thomas Warren

Producer

Title	Year	Status
RCA Television Exhibit at New York Worlds Fair	1939	TV Movie executive producer
NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press	1936	TV Movie executive producer
First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA	1936	Documentary short executive producer

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Susan and God	1938	TV Movie	Introducer / Himself

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Bell Telephone Hour	1967	TV Series	Himself
Person to Person	1954	TV Series documentary	Himself - President of RCA
The Ed Sullivan Show	1953	TV Series	Himself
Mid Century: Half Way to Where?	1950	Short documentary	Himself - RCA Chairman
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1 - Music of Wagner	1948	TV Special documentary	Himself (in original 1948 broadcast only) (uncredited)
RCA Television Exhibit at New York Worlds Fair	1939	TV Movie	Himself
NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press	1936	TV Movie	Himself
First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA	1936	Documentary short	Himself

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Known for movies

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