Bill Austin
$3.3B
Born
Feb 25, 1942
Age
83
Source of Wealth
Hearing aids
Residence
Brownsville, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
High School Graduate, High School
- Bill Austin owns Starkey Hearing Technologies, the largest hearing aid manufacturer in the U.S.
- He bought a hearing aid parts shop, which was then called Starkey Labs, for $13,000 in 1970.
- Austin fired several top executives of Starkey Hearing in 2015, a tumultuous time for the company.
- That move unleashed a series of events that resulted in the former company president being found guilty of federal fraud charges in 2018.
- Austin spends much of his time traveling to developing countries for his Starkey Hearing Foundation, distributing hearing aids.
- Starkey's customers have reportedly included five U.S. presidents, two popes and singer Dolly Parton.
- Starkey Hearing Foundation says it has donated over 1 million hearing aids around the world.
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