Sir James Dyson 01 — 08
Built 5,127 prototypes.
Then I built the one
that worked.
It is still in production.
Portrait 02 — 08
Meet
Sir James
Dyson
Inventor · Industrial Designer · Founder
Dyson
Founder & Chief Engineer
Byam Shaw School
Foundation
Fine Art
Royal College of Art
M.Des.
Design
Graduated 1970
03 — 08
A few highlights
The Road
Foundation
Fine Art
→
M.Des.
Class of 1970
↓
Designer
Sea Truck
←
Designer
Inventor
↓
Founder
DC01 · 1993
→
Founder
Est. 2002
↓
Provost
2011 — 2017
←
Founder
Engineering · 2017
04 — 08
The
Big Win
The DC01
to  WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND
Prototypes before success
0
Prototypes Built Before Success
5
Years to Perfect It
#1
Vacuum in UK Within Two Years
05 — 08
Hoover, Electrolux, Every major manufacturer
rejected the design.
He built his own factory.
06 — 08
Career
Recent Wins
Dyson Technology
£6.6B revenue · Global
—
Global enterprise · £6.6B annual revenue
—
Product range beyond vacuums
› Bladeless fans · Air Multiplier
› Hair tools · Airwrap, Supersonic
—
Thousands of engineers across 80+ countries
James Dyson Foundation
Founded 2002
—
Founded 2002 · Engineering education
—
Addresses UK’s 59,000-engineer shortfall
—
Dyson Institute — first cohort 2017
Sir James Dyson
07 — 08
Age 9
Lost his father.
Kept building things.
Meanwhile
Five thousand failures,
funded by his wife.
Right Now
Knighted by the Queen.
Order of Merit.
By nature
Patient
Meticulous
Defiant
08 — 08
Ready for what's next
Sir James Dyson
james@dyson.com
+44 1666 555 0001
linkedin.com/in/jamesdyson
Engineer · Designer · Builder