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💰 Net worth: $20 million (2024)

Eric Tigerstedt, renowned as an esteemed engineer in Finland, is projected to have a net worth of $20 million by the year 2024. With his exceptional skills and expertise in the field, Tigerstedt has managed to amass significant wealth throughout his illustrious career. His reputation as a technical innovator and his contributions to various groundbreaking developments have propelled him to the forefront of the engineering sphere in Finland. As a result, his net worth is expected to reach a remarkable milestone within a few years, cementing his position as one of the most successful and affluent engineers in the country.

About

The "Thomas Edison of Finland" who, in the process of making the world's first talking picture, also greatly improved the vacuum tube, a key component in electronics. He received a total of 71 patents during his long career.

Before Fame

Seeing a Lumiere brothers' silent film inspired him to think how much better it would be with recorded sound.

Trivia

He miraculously predicted cellular telephones over 70 years before they were invented when, in 1917, he filed a patent for what he described as a "pocket-size folding telephone with a very thin carbon microphone."

Family Life

A dispute with his father caused him to leave home at age 15.

Associated With

He took Lee DeForest's vacuum tube and improved it enough to handle speakers.

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