Sirjang Lal Tandon
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Sirjang Lal Tandon also known as "Jugi" Tandon, was born in India {{circa|1942}}. He is chairman and CEO of Celetronix, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8009953&ticker=JBL:US&previousCapId=96078&previousTitle=Jabil%20Circuit%20Inc.|title=Executive Profile: Sirjang Lal Tandon|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate=20 October 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He is known for leading his company, Tandon Corporation (originally Tandon Magnetics) in the disk drive industry, creating what became the industry-standard double-sided floppy drive disk read-and-write heads.
Education and early career
Tandon grew up in Punjab, India.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/12/business/at-tandon-a-fresh-beginning.html | title=At Tandon, a fresh beginning | first=Nicholas D. | last=Kristof | newspaper=The New York Times | date=12 June 1986 | accessdate=13 April 2018 }} In 1960, he moved to the United States with $3,000, earning a BS at Howard University, master's degree in mechanical engineering at Kansas State University and an MBA at the University of Santa Clara.
He worked as an engineer from 1970 to mid 1975 at IBM and Memorex. In late 1975, he left IBM for Pertec Inc. in Chatsworth, but left that same year to start Tandon Magnetics in his Chatsworth garage with $7,000.{{cite news |title=Disk-Drive Maker Hopes to Reverse Fortunes : Tandon Pulls Switch to Personal Computer Field |first=JAMES |last=BATES |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-08-fi-25512-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=8 April 1986 |access-date=14 October 2012}}
Tandon Corporation
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Tandon invented the double-sided floppy drive used by IBM in the IBM PC and worked as OEM manufacturer for Xerox, Tandem Computers and Prime Computer. In late 1982, Tandon was #1 in the disk-drive industry, and his company was named Forbes magazine's "Up and Comer of the Year". The $150-million value of his stock placed "Jugi", at age 41, on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans. With this wealth, he built a 30-room home on 20 acres in Chatsworth.
In 1996{{dubious|date=March 2019|reason=JT Storage article claims 1994}}, Sirjang created JT Storage (Jugi Tandon Storage), back in Chatsworth, CA.
References
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- Los Angeles Times : [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-25-fi-6297-story.html 25 August 1992 - JAMES F. PELTZ article]
- Los Angeles Times : [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-12-fi-1288-story.html 12 January 1993 - JAMES F. PELTZ article]
- Computer Business Review : 14 February 1996 - "JUGI TANDON'S CARTRIDGE DISK FIRM JTS TO REVERSE INTO ATARI"
- Dataquest : [https://archive.today/20120324162927/http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle.asp?arid=41491&way=search 21 December 2002 - The IT Indians article]
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Category:Indian computer scientists
Category:20th-century Indian engineers
Category:Engineers from Punjab, India
Category:20th-century Indian inventors