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Qualcomm

The PC Era · 1990s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.

The legends

Irwin Jacobs — Bet on CDMA

Co-founder & CEO

Co-founder & CEO
Bet the company on CDMA
MIT and UCSD professor

Andrew Viterbi — The Viterbi Algorithm

Co-founder
Created the Viterbi algorithm

Paul Jacobs

Son and later CEO
Drove Snapdragon

Franklin Antonio

Co-founder & chief scientist

Steve Mollenkopf

CEO who pushed into mobile chips

Also on the roster

Early venture backers

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