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Dagmar Dolby is an American entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion as of May 2015 according to Forbes. She is best recognized as the wife of the late Ray Dolby who pioneered the Dolby Laboratories in 1965. As of February 2014, Dagmar has already earned around $350 million in cash from the sales of her Dolby shares.

Dagmar Dolby was born on the 28th of June 1941. Originating from Germany, Dolby went to Cambridge University where she met her future husband Ray Dolby. She was married to Ray Dolby for 47 years when the latter died of leukemia in September 2013. The couple has two sons named David and Tom.

 

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2013

Earnings

Earnings as of Feb 2014 from sales of Dolby shares

$350,000,000

2010

Earnings

In 2011, it was reported that Ray and Dagmar Dolby's earnings were about $31.7 million

$31,700,000