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Andy Rubin has an estimated net worth of $300 million. Andy Rubin is an engineer who has practiced his skills and expertise in many world-renowned technological companies including Apple Inc., Carl Zeiss AG, General Magic and MSN TV. He is the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Danger Inc. as well as Android Inc. He even served as the director of Danger Inc. which is responsible for the creation of the T-mobile sidekick. Furthermore, he worked as an entrepreneur at the Residence (EIR) of Redpoint Ventures where his task revolves around the assessment of opportunities in digital imaging and wireless areas.
He served as the Senior Vice President of Google and he is tasked to oversee the development of Android, which is an open-source O.S. for smartphones.
In the year 2003, Andy Rubin was one of the founders of Android which is Google's mobile operating system. It has a basis on a modified version of the Linux kernel as well as other open source software that was primarily designed for touchscreen mobile devices like tablets and smartphones.
In 2015, Rubin founded Playground Global which is a venture fund and design studio that provides resources, mentorship as well as funding for startups making hardware devices. During that year, he also founded Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in hardware design, software, and services for mobile computing devices. Their most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick or Danger Hiptop. It was the first smartphone to capture the attention of pop culture celebrities and teenagers in North America.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
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2018 |
Asset |
Current value of the website redpoint.com as one of the company's founders |
$13,000 |
|
2018 |
Asset |
Current value of the website essential.com as one of the company's founders |
$118,000 |
|
2018 |
Asset |
Money raised by Essential, the smartphone company helmed by Android co-creator Andy Rubin from investors, including Rubin’s own Playground Global, Tencent Holdings and the Amazon Alexa Fund |
$330,000,000 |
|
2018 |
Asset |
Money spent by Essential Products Inc., a startup co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin on developing its first products and building the company |
$100,000,000 |
|
2018 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Andy Rubin's sprawling Woodside, California estate |
$34,600,000 |
|
2018 |
Asset |
Current value of the assets of Redpoint Ventures, an American venture capital firm focused on investments in seed, early and growth-stage companies as one of the company's founders |
$3,800,000,000 |
|
2017 |
Asset |
Current value of Essential Products Inc., the new phone startup co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin |
$1,000,000,000 |
|
2016 |
Asset |
Money spent to establish a hardware incubator called Playground |
$300,000,000 |
|
2015 |
Asset |
Investment of Shasta Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Playground Ventures, which is Android-creator Andy Rubin's new VC fund in WiFi Router Maker Eero |
$40,000,000 |
|
2009 |
Asset |
Purchase value of Andy Rubin's estate in Golden Hills Drive, Portola Valley, California |
$5,800,000 |
|
2008 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Andy Rubin's T-Mobile Sidekick (also known as Danger Hiptop), a phone with PDA-like abilities to Microsoft Corporation |
$500,000,000 |
|
2005 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Andy Rubin's Android to Google Inc. |
$50,000,000 |