Dagmar Dolby & family
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Dolby Laboratories
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- San Francisco, California
- Education
- Heidelberg University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
- Marital Status
- Widowed
- Children
- 2
Assets
- Dolby Laboratories Inc. (Cl A)34,587,000 shares @ --DLB-US
Biography
Dagmar Dolby owns about 36% of publicly-traded audio technology firm Dolby Laboratories, which her husband Ray Dolby (d. 2013) founded in 1965.
The company pioneered surround sound technologies used in thousands of films and products, and most recently, in video games and mobile devices.
Her two sons share voting power over some assets. David is a board member at Dolby Labs; his brother, Tom, is a novelist and filmmaker.
Since 2015, she has committed over $160 million to the University of Cambridge, where Ray Dolby earned a Ph.D. in physics.
In September 2018, Dolby donated $20 million to UC San Francisco to establish the Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders.
She has also supported the Academy Foundation to fund the construction of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
About
Dagmar Dolby graduated from Heidelberg University in her native Germany. She met Ray in 1962 while studying in a summer language program in the U.K.
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Ray and Dagmar Dolby Hall of Culture features the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.