Eliyahou Harari is an Israeli-American business executive best known for being the co-founder of SanDisk along with Sanjay Mehrotra.
Early life and education
He was born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Israel. His parents were Polish Jews who at 1933 had immigrated to Palestine before Israel's formation.
He was born and raised in the state of Israel. He completed his Bachelor's Degree at Manchester University in England. He completed his Master's degree in Physics at Princeton University and his subject of study was semiconductors.
Career
Hughes Aircraft
As an engineering intern at Hughes Aircraft, he played a major role in the development of the world's first EEPROM.
Intel
His very first job after graduating university was at Intel. He later went on to work for a number of startups including Synertek, Wafer Scale Integration and San Disk.
SanDisk
He founded SanDisk in 1988 along with Sanjay Mehrotra.
Awards and recognition
He has more than 180 patents. He has received numerous awards including: