Engineering:Consumer Technology Hall of Fame

The Consumer Technology Hall of Fame, founded by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), honors leaders whose creativity, persistence and determination helped to shape the industry and made the consumer technology marketplace what it is today. According to the CTA, the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame inductees have made a significant contribution to the world, and without these people, people's lives would not be the same.^[1]

The CTA announced the first 50 inductees into the Hall of Fame at the 2000 CES. Each year another group are inducted into the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame.

Inductees

2000

Benjamin Abrams
Robert Adler
Edwin Armstrong
John Logie Baird
William Balderston
John Bardeen
Alexander Graham Bell
Andre Blay
Walter Brattain
Karl Ferdinand Braun
Nolan Bushnell
Powel Crosley Jr.
Lee DeForest
Ray Dolby
Allen DuMont
Thomas Edison
Carl Eilers
Philo T. Farnsworth
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
Avery Fisher
Frank Freimann
Paul Galvin
Charles Ginsburg
Peter Goldmark
Dr. Sidney Harman
Heinrich Hertz
Masaru Ibuka
Eldridge Johnson
Jack Kilby
Henry Kloss
John Koss Sr.
David Lachenbruch
James B. Lansing
Saul Marantz
Guglielmo Marconi
Konosuke Matsushita
Cmdr. Eugene McDonald Jr.
Akio Morita
Robert Noyce
Alexander M. Poniatoff
Ed Roberts
David Sarnoff
Hermon Hosmer Scott
Yuma Shiraishi
William Shockley
Ross Siragusa Sr.
Shizuo Takano
Nikola Tesla
Jack Wayman
Vladimir Zworykin

2001

Emil Berliner
Sir John Ambrose Fleming
Hugo Gernsback
Peter Laurits Jensen
Earl Muntz
Valdemar Poulsen
George Westinghouse

2002

Ernst F.W. Alexanderson
Bernard Appel
W.G.B. Baker
William E. Boss
Richard Ekstract
Walter Fisher^[2]
Raymond Gates
William Powell Lear
Sol Polk
Jack K. Sauter

2003

Herbert Borchardt
Leonard Feldman
Kees A. Schouhamer Immink
William Kasuga
Atwater Kent
Jules Steinberg
Kenjiro Takayanagi
Joseph Tushinsky
Alan Wurtzel

2004

Alan Dower Blumlein
Henry Brief
Robert E. Gerson
Ken Kai
Jerry Kalov
Paul Klipsch
Norio Ohga
Dr. Woo Paik
Steven Wozniak
Wireless Team: Richard Frenkiel and Joel S. Engel

2005

Ken Crane
Joseph Donahue
Harry Elias
George Fezell
Saul Gold
Art Levis
Jack Luskin
Masaharu Matsushita
John Winegard
Engineering Team: William Hewlett and David Packard

2006

Dr. Donald Bitzer
John F. Doyle
Robert Galvin
Andrew S. Grove
George Heilmeier
Dr. Nicholas Holonyak
Howard Ladd
Gordon Moore
A.J. Richard
John Roach
H. Gene Slottow
Robert Willson^[3]

2007

Paul Allen
Dr. Amar Bose
Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg
William G. Crutchfield, Jr.
James Edward Day
Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser
John McDonald^[4]
Steven Sasson
Richard Schulze
Dr. Dieter Seitzer
Art Weinberg

2008

Ken Kutaragi
Dean Dunlavey
Joe Clayton
Warren Lieberfarb
Richard Sharp^[5]
Dr. Fritz Sennheiser
Engineering Team: Martin Cooper and Donald Linder
Eddy Hartenstein
Retailing Team: Jewel Abt and David Abt
Hans Fantel

2009

Maurice Cohen
Norman Cohen
Philip Cohen
Joseph Flaherty
Karl Hassel
Irwin M. Jacobs
Steve Jobs
Ralph Mathews
Aaron Neretin
John Shalam
Walton Stinson
Neil Terk
Richard E. Wiley

2010

* Dr. Lauren Christopher

Dr. Ivan Getting
Richard Kraft
Frank McCann
David Mondry
Eugene Mondry
Dr. Bradford Parkinson
Frederik Philips
Al Sotoloff
Cynthia Upson
Dr. Larry Weber

^[6]

2011

Ralph Baer
Ivan Berger
Samuel Bloomberg
Lance Braithwaite
Dr. Eli Harari
Stanley Hubbard
Dr. Fujio Masuoka
Dr. Robert Metcalfe
Samuel Runco
Dr. Claude Shannon
Dr. Andrew Viterbi

^[7]

2012

Willard Boyle
Robert Briskman
Richard Citta
Bjorn Dybdahl
Douglas Engelbart
Charlie Ergen
Larry Finley
Fansy & Henry Harold Gregg
In Hwoi Koo
Byung-Chull Lee
George Smith

^[8]

2013

Jim Barton
Dr. Samar Basu
Gary Burrell
Manning Greenberg
Dr. Marcian (Ted) Hoff
Dr. Min-Hwan Kao
Mikio Katayama
Pierre Omidyar
Katsuhiko Pier
Michael Ramsey
Dr. Ching Tang
Len Tweten
Jim Tweten
Steven Van Slyke
Meg Whitman

^[9]

2014

George Antheil
C.W. Conn
Dr. Levy Gerzberg
Loyd Ivey
Hedy Lamarr
Dr. David Lee
James "Cowboy" Maloney
Gerald McCarthy
Walter Mossberg
Victor & Janie Tsao
Tim Westergren

2015

Bob Borchardt
Tom Campbell
George Feldstein
Vic Hayes
Noel Lee
Bernie Mitchell
Wilfred Schwartz
Dr. Floyd Toole

^[10]

2016

Dr. Peter Bingham
Dr. Jim Carnes
Sidney Cooper
Dr. Curt Crawford
Dr. Jaap Haartsen
Norm Hunt
Dr. Jae S. Lim
David Lorsch
Chuck Pagano
Jerry Pearlman
Don Rea
Donald Rumsfeld
Steve Smith
Joel Spira
Nat Tiffen
Ed Tuck
Hiroshi Yamachi

^[11]

2017

Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione
Gordon Gow
Marcia Grand
Arlene Harris
Darrell Issa
Dean Kamen
Ray Kurzweil
Mike Lazardis
Frank McIntosh
Mitch Mohr
Charles Tandy
Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda

^[12]

2018

John Briesch
Dr. John Cioffi
Robert Cole
Rick Doherty
Janus Friis
Kathy Gornik
Ahti Heinla
Priit Kasesalu
Peter Lesser
Mike Romagnolo
Jaan Tallinn
Jim Thiel
Edgar Villchur
Niklas Zennstrom

^[13]

2019

Colin Angle
James Barry
Henry Chiarelli
Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler
Shuji Nakamura
Owen D. Young

^[14]

2020

Vint Cerf
Frank Conrad
Peter Fannon
Kazuo Hirai
Robert Kahn
James Meyer
Robin Raskin

^[15]

2021

Mike Fasulo
Nancy Klosek
Bill & Barbara Pearse
Roberta Williams

^[16]

2022

Joseph & Mayer Akhtarzad
Tim Baxter
Wanda Gass
Dave Heller
Bill Kincaid
Mike May
Jeff Robbin
Hank Shocklee

^[17]

2024

Denise Gibson

^[18]

2026

Reggie Fils-Aimé
Alexis Ohanian

^[19]

References

↑ "CT Hall of Fame". Consumer Electronics Association. 2000. https://www.cta.tech/about/consumer-technology-hall-of-fame/.
↑ "Walter Fisher". Ce.org. http://www.ce.org/Events/Awards/429.htm.
↑ "Dr. Robert Willson". Ce.org. http://www.ce.org/Events/Awards/2730.htm.
↑ "John McDonald". Ce.org. 2008-12-04. http://www.ce.org/Events/Awards/4359.htm.
↑ "Richard 'Rick' Sharp, co-founder of CarMax, dies at 67". The Washington Post. 2014-06-25. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/richard-rick-sharp-co-founder-of-carmax-dies-at-67/2014/06/25/82794f88-fca4-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html.
↑ "CEA 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees Named" (in en-US). 2010-05-05. https://www.twice.com/news/cea-2010-hall-fame-inductees-named-17235.
↑ Hefflinger, Mark (2011-05-27). "Consumer Electronics Assn. to Induct 11 Into Hall of Fame | Digital Media Wire" (in en-US). https://digitalmediawire.com/consumer-electronics-assn-to-induct-11-into-hall-of-fame/.
↑ Smith, Steve (2012-11-19). "CEA Salutes 2012 CE Hall Of Fame Class At Gala Event In S.F." (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/news/cea-salutes-2012-ce-hall-fame-class-gala-event-sf-43573.
↑ Staff, TWICE (2013-05-10). "CEA Announces 2013 CE HOF Inductees" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/news/cea-announces-2013-ce-hof-inductees-51891.
↑ Laposky, John (2015-04-15). "2015 CE Hall Of Fame Class Revealed" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/2015-ce-hall-fame-class-revealed-56778.
↑ Laposky, John (2016-04-28). "Former TWICE Chief Steve Smith Elected To CT Hall Of Fame" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/former-twice-chief-steve-smith-elected-ct-hall-fame-61332.
↑ "CTA Names 12 Industry Leaders to the 2017 CT Hall of Fame" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-12-industry-leaders-to-the-2017-ct-hall-of-fame.
↑ "CTA Names 14 Industry Leaders to the 2018 Consumer Technology (CT) Hall of Fame" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-14-industry-leaders-to-the-2018-consumer-technology-ct-hall-of-fame.
↑ "CTA Names Six Industry Leaders to the 2019 CT Hall of Fame, will also Honor Two Innovation Entrepreneurs" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-six-industry-leaders-to-the-2019-ct-hall-of-fame-will-also-honor-two-innovation-entrepreneurs.
↑ Wolpin, Stewart (2021-11-15). "CTA Inducts 2020, 2021 Hall Of Fame Classes" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/cea/cta-inducts-2020-2021-hall-of-fame-classes.
↑ Wolpin, Stewart (2021-11-15). "CTA Inducts 2020, 2021 Hall Of Fame Classes" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/cea/cta-inducts-2020-2021-hall-of-fame-classes.
↑ "CTA Names Tech Leaders to the 2022 CT Hall of Fame" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-tech-leaders-to-the-2022-ct-hall-of-fame.
↑ "CTA Honors Members of Congress and Industry Executives for Leadership in the Technology Industry" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-honors-members-of-congress-and-industry-executives-for-leadership-in-the-technology-industry.
↑ haddadmedia (2026-03-18). "CTA Announces 2026 Digital Patriots and Hall of Fame Honorees" (in en-US). https://whcinsider.com/2026/03/18/cta-announces-2026-digital-patriots-and-hall-of-fame-honorees/.

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[1] "CT Hall of Fame". Consumer Electronics Association. 2000. https://www.cta.tech/about/consumer-technology-hall-of-fame/.

[2] "Walter Fisher". Ce.org. http://www.ce.org/Events/Awards/429.htm.

[3] "Dr. Robert Willson". Ce.org. http://www.ce.org/Events/Awards/2730.htm.

[4] "John McDonald". Ce.org. 2008-12-04. http://www.ce.org/Events/Awards/4359.htm.

[wpost-5] "Richard 'Rick' Sharp, co-founder of CarMax, dies at 67". The Washington Post. 2014-06-25. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/richard-rick-sharp-co-founder-of-carmax-dies-at-67/2014/06/25/82794f88-fca4-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html.

[6] "CEA 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees Named" (in en-US). 2010-05-05. https://www.twice.com/news/cea-2010-hall-fame-inductees-named-17235.

[7] Hefflinger, Mark (2011-05-27). "Consumer Electronics Assn. to Induct 11 Into Hall of Fame | Digital Media Wire" (in en-US). https://digitalmediawire.com/consumer-electronics-assn-to-induct-11-into-hall-of-fame/.

[8] Smith, Steve (2012-11-19). "CEA Salutes 2012 CE Hall Of Fame Class At Gala Event In S.F." (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/news/cea-salutes-2012-ce-hall-fame-class-gala-event-sf-43573.

[9] Staff, TWICE (2013-05-10). "CEA Announces 2013 CE HOF Inductees" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/news/cea-announces-2013-ce-hof-inductees-51891.

[10] Laposky, John (2015-04-15). "2015 CE Hall Of Fame Class Revealed" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/2015-ce-hall-fame-class-revealed-56778.

[11] Laposky, John (2016-04-28). "Former TWICE Chief Steve Smith Elected To CT Hall Of Fame" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/former-twice-chief-steve-smith-elected-ct-hall-fame-61332.

[12] "CTA Names 12 Industry Leaders to the 2017 CT Hall of Fame" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-12-industry-leaders-to-the-2017-ct-hall-of-fame.

[13] "CTA Names 14 Industry Leaders to the 2018 Consumer Technology (CT) Hall of Fame" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-14-industry-leaders-to-the-2018-consumer-technology-ct-hall-of-fame.

[14] "CTA Names Six Industry Leaders to the 2019 CT Hall of Fame, will also Honor Two Innovation Entrepreneurs" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-six-industry-leaders-to-the-2019-ct-hall-of-fame-will-also-honor-two-innovation-entrepreneurs.

[15] Wolpin, Stewart (2021-11-15). "CTA Inducts 2020, 2021 Hall Of Fame Classes" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/cea/cta-inducts-2020-2021-hall-of-fame-classes.

[16] Wolpin, Stewart (2021-11-15). "CTA Inducts 2020, 2021 Hall Of Fame Classes" (in en-US). https://www.twice.com/industry/cea/cta-inducts-2020-2021-hall-of-fame-classes.

[17] "CTA Names Tech Leaders to the 2022 CT Hall of Fame" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-names-tech-leaders-to-the-2022-ct-hall-of-fame.

[18] "CTA Honors Members of Congress and Industry Executives for Leadership in the Technology Industry" (in en). https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/cta-honors-members-of-congress-and-industry-executives-for-leadership-in-the-technology-industry.

[19] (2026-03-18). "CTA Announces 2026 Digital Patriots and Hall of Fame Honorees" (in en-US). https://whcinsider.com/2026/03/18/cta-announces-2026-digital-patriots-and-hall-of-fame-honorees/.

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