Robin Saxby

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Sir Robin Saxby
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Robin Saxby in 2015, portrait via the Royal Society
Born Robin Keith Saxby
(1947-02-04) 4 February 1947 (age 77)[1]
Chesterfield, Derbyshire[2]
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Alma mater University of Liverpool (BEng)
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Spouse Patricia Bell (m. 1970)[1]

Sir Robin Keith Saxby (born 4 February 1947)[1] FREng[3] FRS[2] is an engineer who was Chief Executive and then Chairman of ARM Holdings which he built to become a dominant supplier of embedded systems.

Early life and education

Saxby was born in 1947 in Derbyshire and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School,[2] a boys' grammar school. He attended the University of Liverpool, where he gained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics in 1968.[1]

Career

Saxby had an electronics kit at the age of eight and a television repair business at the age of 14. Reflecting on this in 2006, he considered himself "destined for the electronics industry".[4] He worked at Rank Bush Murphy, Pye, Motorola and Henderson Security. Immediately prior to his appointment at ARM, he worked at European Silicon Structures.[2]

In 1991 he joined Cambridge-based ARM as their first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and built it to "a global giant" with offices round the world.[5] He was Chief Executive from 1991-2001, and subsequently Chairman from 2001-2006. It was at ARM that he made his real impact on the electronic industry. When he was appointed CEO in 1991 he took 12 engineers from Acorn Computers into the newly formed joint venture between Acorn and Apple Inc. With a limited budget of a $1.5m investment from Apple he made those 12 engineers into one of the most formidable management teams in the industry. In a memorable early meeting he persuaded one of the engineers to volunteer to become the Vice president (VP) marketing, another the VP sales and so on. Saxby also introduced the licensing model for selling microprocessors which led to a 95% market share in the mobile phone sector. With a similar success in other sectors he has made ARM into the world's most successful processor company with over 50bn units shipped[6] to date.[2] During his 10 years as CEO he made ARM the most valuable company in the Cambridge cluster with a market capitalisation of over $10bn. ARM under his leadership became a global company with offices in many countries and licenses taken by all significant semiconductor companies in the world. This is a unique achievement for a British company, especially in electronics.[2]

Since his retirement from ARM he has become a tireless promoter of young entrepreneurs and is involved in a number of start-up companies which he supports with advice, finance and infinite patience. He has dedicated time to mentoring young entrepreneurs, helping them through difficult times and never losing faith in them.[2][7][8][9]

Honours and awards

Saxby is a chartered engineer, an Honorary fellow of the FIET and a Fellow[3] of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[3] He has honorary doctorates from the University of Liverpool (where he is a visiting professor), Loughborough University,[10] the University of Essex, Nottingham Trent University and Anglia Ruskin University.[11]

He received the Faraday Medal of the IEE (now the IET). He was knighted in the 2002 New Year Honours List. He became President of the IET on 1 October 2006[12] and stepped down on 30 September 2007. In 2013 he presented the IET prestigious Pinkerton Lecture. He was President of the Old Cestrefeldians Society 2012/13.[13] Saxby was elected a Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015.[2]

Personal life

Saxby married Patricia Bell in 1970. They have a son and a daughter.[1][13]

References

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    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived September 25, 2015)

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  5. ↑ The Andrew Davidson Interview: ARM chairman steps down, but not out Sunday Times May 28, 2006
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  8. ↑ IET TV: An Evening with Sir Robin Saxby
  9. ↑ Videography of Sir Robin Saxby, 2012 recipient of the GSA Morris Chang Lifetime Achievement Award. on YouTube, ARM holdings
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  12. ↑ IET press release Archived November 20, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
John Loughhead

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