19 Facts About Andy Rubin

Andrew E Rubin was born on March 13,1963 and is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.

Andy Rubin founded Android Inc in 2003, which was acquired by Google in 2005; Andy Rubin served as a Google vice president for nine years and led Google's efforts in creating and promoting the Android operating system for mobile phones and other devices during most of his tenure.

Andy Rubin then served as co-founder and CEO of venture capital firm Playground Global from 2015 to 2019.

Andy Rubin helped found Essential Products in 2015, a mobile phone start-up that closed in 2020 without finding a buyer.

In 2019, Andy Rubin was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame.

Andy Rubin grew up in Chappaqua, New York, as the son of a psychologist who later founded his own direct-marketing firm.

Andy Rubin attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York from 1977 until 1981 and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Utica College, Utica, New York, in 1986.

Andy Rubin worked at Apple from 1989 to 1992 as a manufacturing engineer.

Andy Rubin was nicknamed "Android" by his co-workers at Apple in 1989 due to a love of robots, with the nickname eventually becoming the official name of the Android operating system.

Andy Rubin was a lead engineer in the development of the Motorola Envoy.

On March 13,2013, Larry Page announced in a blog post that Andy Rubin had moved from the Android division to take on new projects at Google, with Sundar Pichai taking over Android.

In December 2013, Andy Rubin started management of the robotics division of Google.

On October 31,2014, Andy Rubin left Google after nine years at the company to start a venture capital firm for technology startups.

Page ultimately decided that Andy Rubin would have to leave due to the inappropriate relationship.

Andy Rubin had considerable leverage in negotiating his exit, due to his position as a senior executive as well as recently receiving a $150 million stock grant from the board of directors for his past work on Android.

Since Andy Rubin would have still been highly sought after as a technology visionary, Google included a non-compete clause in his severance agreement and invested in his next venture.

The incident, among others, led to the 2018 Google walkouts from Google's employee workforce over Andy Rubin reportedly receiving a $90 million "exit package" to expedite his separation from the company.

Andy Rubin is a venture capital firm and studio for technology start-ups, providing funding, resources, and mentorship.

Andy Rubin eventually joined and helped create the Android phone start-up Essential Products.