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Sir James Dyson CBE

James Dyson was voted the UK's "most admired entrepreneurial business leader" in 2003. His brilliant design skills and refusal to give up, have made his company a massive success and a "Dyson" one of the most recognised brands.

It took 5,127 prototypes and over 14 years to get his first "bagless" vacuum cleaner into a shop. Yet the Dual Cyclone™ was nearly never made due to patent and legal costs. Unlike a songwriter who owns the song he writes, an inventor has to pay substantial fees to renew his patents each year. During the development years when James had no income, this nearly bankrupted him. He risked everything, and fortunately the risk paid off. Then in 1999, Hoover tried to imitate a Dyson and James was forced back to court to protect his invention. After 18 months Dyson finally won a victory for patent infringement.

By 2004 James Dyson's inventions were stocked in 22 countries - and nine museums worldwide - and global sales were more than £3bn.

James was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List 2007, for services to business.
 

Read more about his achievements, awards and honours by visiting the website www.dyson.co.uk.

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