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Russian-American businessman and entrepreneur. He led the Radio Corporation of American (RCA) and founded the first American television station, NBC. Born in Minsk, Belarus, Sarnoff emigrated to America as a child. He began his professional career as an office boy at the Commercial Cable Company, which was later sold to the communications giant AT&T and began to manufacture radios. As manager and entrepreneur he was involved in inventing several patents and in groundbreaking manufacture of records, phonographs and televisions. During World War II, Sarnoff served on Eisenhower’s communications staff and helped restore the Radio France station in Paris. He was named Brigadier General for his action during the war.
