Andy Rubin Net Worth

Net Worth:	$350 Million
Gender:	Male
Profession:	Businessperson, Engineer
Nationality:	United States of America

What is Andy Rubin’s Net Worth?

Andy Rubin is an American computer programmer, venture capitalist, and business mogul who has a net worth of $350 million. Andy Rubin is best known for co-founding the software business Android and creating its mobile operating system at Android’s eventual parent company Google.

He made hundreds of millions of dollars in salary, shares, and other remuneration from the company after selling Android to Google for $50 million in 2005. Andy quit Google in 2014 as a result of allegations of sexual misconduct.

Later, Rubin co-founded Playground Global, a venture capital company that provides various forms of support for digital businesses, and rose to the position of CEO.

Childhood/Career

Andy Rubin was born in 1963 in Chappaqua, New York. His father was a psychotherapist who established a direct marketing business that promoted cutting-edge electrical devices later in life.

Rubin attended Horace Greeley High School and received his diploma there in 1981. After that, he went to Utica College, where he graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

Early Career

From 1986 through 1989, Rubin worked as a robotics engineer for Carl Zeiss AG, a maker of optical systems. From 1989 to 1992, he then served as a manufacturing engineer at Apple.

As a result of that position, Rubin went on to work for organizations including General Magic, WebTV Networks, and Motorola, where he served as the project’s lead engineer on the Motorola Envoy personal digital assistant.

Later, in 1999, Joe Britt and Matt Hershenson helped Rubin co-found his first business, Danger. The business offered services for mobile computing, hardware design, and software development.

The Danger Hiptop, a pioneering client-server smartphone that was also known as the T-Mobile Sidekick, was its most well-liked offering.

Career

Along with Rich Miner, Chris White, and Nick Sears, Rubin left Danger in 2003 to co-found Android, a software startup. Early on, he encountered difficulties attracting investors and arranging business agreements with IT firms.

In the summer of 2005, Google successfully acquired Android, and Rubin was appointed as the company’s new senior vice president of mobile and digital content. He managed the creation of the Android smartphone operating system while serving in that capacity.

In late 2007, the operating system made its debut, and in late 2008, the HTC Dream, the first commercial Android smartphone, hit the market. In 2021, there have been more than three billion monthly active Android users, making it the most popular operating system for both smartphones and tablets.

In order to work on other Google projects, Rubin left the Android group in March 2013. Sundar Pichai thereafter took over the division. Rubin took over leadership of Google’s robotics section later in the year. He apparently quit his job at Google on Halloween in 2014 so he could devote more time to startups and charitable causes.

After being fired from Google, Rubin co-founded Playground Global with Matt Hershenson, Bruce Leak, and Peter Barrett. The business supports and invests in businesses specializing in deep technology, machine learning, software, and hardware.

Playground Global secured $300 million from investors in 2015. 2019 saw Rubin leave the organization. Among his other projects, Rubin and Matt Hershenson launched the technology firm Essential Products in 2015.

Before going out of business in the early 2020s, the company produced smartphones and accessories. From 2015 to 2017, Rubin also worked as a partner at the venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures.

Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct

Even though Rubin’s exit from Google was portrayed in the media as amicable and voluntary, a New York Times piece subsequently revealed that Larry Page, the company’s CEO, personally fired him owing to claims of sexual misbehavior made by a worker.

The employee, who claimed Rubin had forced her into oral sex, was shown to have been having an illicit affair with him. When Rubin left the company, Google granted him a $90 million severance payment, which provoked a significant controversy and encouraged staff walkouts at the company in 2018.

Relationship

Rubin previously wed Rie Hirabaru, with whom he co-owned the Voyageur du Temps bakery and café in Los Altos, California.

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