앤디 루빈

소개

앤드루 "앤디" 루빈(영어: Andrew "Andy" Rubin, 1963년 3월 13일 ~ )은 미국의 기업인, 투자가, 프로그래머, 공학자이다. 데인저 사(社) 및 안드로이드 사 공동 창립자이자 전직 CEO를 역임하였으며 구글이 안드로이드 사를 인수한 후 구글의 모바일 부문 수석 부사장으로 일하며 안드로이드 소프트웨어 플랫폼을 비롯한 그것을 이용한 휴대 전화의 개발 업무를 관장하였다. 2014년에 구글에서 퇴사 후 에센셜 사를 창립하였다.

Andrew E. Rubin is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Rubin founded Danger Inc. in 1999 and left in 2003; Danger was eventually acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Rubin founded Android Inc. in 2003, which was acquired by Google in 2005; 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. Rubin left Google in 2014, initially presented as a voluntary departure; but later revealed to be a dismissal due to allegations of sexual harassment by Rubin. Rubin then served as co-founder and CEO of venture capital firm Playground Global from 2015 to 2019. Rubin also helped found Essential Products in 2015, a mobile phone start-up that closed in 2020 without finding a buyer. In 2019, Rubin was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame.