What is Ray Dolby?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Dr. | name = Ray Dolby | image = RayDolby.jpeg | caption = Dolby (left) being inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] in May 2004 | birth_name = Ray Milton Dolby | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|1|18}} | birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|12|1933|1|18}} | death_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States | death_cause = [[Leukemia]] | education = [[San Jose State University]],<br>[[Stanford University]],<br>[[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] | spouse = Dagmar Dolby<small>(1966–2013; his death)</small> | children = [[Tom Dolby]],<br>David Dolby }} '''Ray Milton Dolby''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire|OBEh]]</small> (January 18, 1933&nbsp;– September 12, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] [[engineer]] and inventor of the [[noise]] reduction system known as [[Dolby noise reduction system|Dolby NR]]. He was also a co-inventor of [[Video tape recorder|video tape recording]] while at [[Ampex]]. He was the founder of [[Dolby Laboratories]]. He was also a billionaire and a member of the [[Forbes 400]] with an estimated net worth of [[United States dollar|$]]2.9 billion in 2008<ref>{{cite news |title= The 400 Richest Americans: #144 Ray Dolby |date= September 17, 2008 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_Ray-Dolby_KQ30.html | work=Forbes | accessdate= June 16, 2013 }}</ref> although as of September 2012 it was estimated to have declined to $2.4 billion.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/ray-dolby/ Forbes Billionaires]</ref> Dolby was born on January 18, 1933 in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He studied at [[San Jose State University]], at [[Stanford University]], and at [[Cambridge University]]. Dolby was married to Dagmar Dolby from 1966 until his death in 2013.