Noah Kagan Presents

The Inventor of the Ethernet - Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe co-invented the Ethernet in 1973 while working at Xerox. He didn’t get rich from helping to invent the Ethernet though. Bob actually got rich by starting his own computer networking company called 3Com Corporation, where he sold Ethernet and many other products. After the success of 3Com, which became a multi-billion dollar company, he tried…