Alexander Matveevich Poniatoff Founder of Ampex
Biography of Alexander Matveevich Poniatoff
Early Life
Alexander Matveevich Poniatoff Founder of Ampex was born on 25th March in 1892 in Aisha, Russian Empire. He migrated to China from Russia where he worked in an electrical company with the name of Shanghai Power Company. He became an electrical engineer and after working there for several years he further moved to the United States of America in 1927.
Founder of Ampex
After moving to the United States he continued to work in the field of electricity and after getting vast experience in this field he started his own company with the name of Ampex in 1944. In 1956 his company created the first ever rotary head recorder of the world which was the VR-1000 videotape recorder.
Ampex
Ampex is a company of the United States of America in the field of electronics. This company was founded by Alexander in 1944. The name of the company was taken from the initials of the name of its founder with the extended ex letters which show the word excellence after the name of its founder. This was a public held company initially but later on converted into a privately held company. This company was started as the manufacturer of electronic devices related to tape recorders and video recorders. During the time of the World War II this company was engaged in manufacturing of electric motors and generators of good quality for handling radars which were used for locating battleships at that time. The first office of the company was located in Laurel St. San Carlos California in the United States of America.
Later Life
After the formation of his own electrical company he lived his whole life working in that company as its president until 1955. In that year he was selected by the members of board of directors as the chairman of the board. After that he served on that designation.
Death
He died on 24th October in 1980.
Alex Poniatoff was a frequent visitor at my home in Palo Alto during the late 40’s and 59’s. He frequently came to record presentations given by some of the most avant-guard people of the time.
I am wondering where copies of those recordings might be found. Many evenings I sat listening to the presentations, but as I was young, I do not remember much of what was said. I would love to listen to some of them today.
many thanks
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I was one of the carpenters that remodeled his house in the 70’s. What I was wondering is which city/county was his house.I remember that there were large statues by the pool. I then worked for my brother in law Lars Morten Ek Constructon. Hope you can help.