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James Dyson

March 30, 2023

For other people named James Dyson, see James Dyson (disambiguation).

Sir James Dyson OM CBE RDI FRS FREng FCSD FIET (born 2 May 1947)[2] is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer and billionaire entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd.[3][4] He is best known as the inventor of the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2022, he is the second richest person in the UK with an estimated net worth of £23 billion.[5]

Sir
James Dyson
OM CBE RDI FRS FREng FCSD FIET
Dyson at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2015
Provost of the Royal College of Art
In office
1 August 2011 (2011-08-01) – 1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
Preceded byTerence Conran
Succeeded byJonathan Ive (as Chancellor)
Personal details
Born (1947-05-02) 2 May 1947 (age 75)
Cromer, Norfolk, England
Spouse
Deirdre Hindmarsh
​
(m. 1968)​
Children3
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Business magnate
  • industrial designer
  • academic administrator
Awards
Website
  • dyson.co.uk
  • jamesdysonaward.org
  • jamesdysonfoundation.com

He served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017,[6][7] and opened a new university, the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, on Dyson's Wiltshire campus in September 2017.[8]

Early life and education

James Dyson was born 2 May 1947 in Cromer, Norfolk, one of three children,[2] and named after his grandfather, James Dyson. He was educated at Gresham's School, an independent boarding school in Holt, Norfolk, from 1956 to 1965, when his father died of prostate cancer.[9] He excelled at long-distance running: "I was quite good at it, not because I was physically good, but because I had more determination. I learnt determination from it."[10]

He spent one year (1965–1966) at the Byam Shaw School of Art, and then studied furniture and interior design at the Royal College of Art (1966–1970) before moving into engineering. It was while attending the Royal College of Art[11] to study fine art that Dyson made the switch to industrial design due in part to the tutorage of a structural engineer Anthony Hunt.

Early inventions

Dyson helped design the Sea Truck in 1970 while studying at the Royal College of Art. His first original invention, the Ballbarrow, was a modified version of a wheelbarrow using a ball instead of a wheel. This was featured on the BBC's Tomorrow's World television programme. Dyson stuck with the idea of a ball, inventing the Trolleyball, a trolley that launched boats. He then designed the Wheelboat,[12] which could travel at speeds of 64 kilometres per hour (40 mph) on both land and water.[citation needed]

Vacuum cleaners

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DC07 bagless Dyson vacuum cleaner

In the late 1970s, Dyson had the idea of using cyclonic separation to create a vacuum cleaner that would not lose suction as it picked up dirt. He became frustrated with his Hoover Junior's diminishing performance: the dust bag pores kept becoming clogged with dust thus reducing suction.[13] The cyclone idea came from a sawmill that used cyclone technology.[14]

Partly supported by his wife's salary as an art teacher, and after fifteen years and about 5,127 prototypes, Dyson launched the "G-Force" cleaner in 1983.[15] However, no manufacturer or distributor would handle his product in the UK, as it would have disturbed the valuable market for replacement dust bags, so Dyson launched it in Japan through catalogue sales.[16] Manufactured in bright pink, the G-Force sold for the equivalent of £2,000.[clarification needed] It won the 1991 International Design Fair Prize in Japan. He filed a series of patents for his dual cyclone vacuum cleaner EP0037674 in 1980. After his invention was rejected by the major manufacturers, Dyson set up his own manufacturing company, Dyson Ltd. In June 1993, he opened a research centre and factory in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.[citation needed]

Dyson's slogan, "say goodbye to the bag", proved attractive to the buying public. The Dyson Dual Cyclone became the fastest-selling vacuum cleaner ever made in the UK and outsold those of some of the companies that rejected his idea, becoming one of the most popular brands in the UK.[17] In early 2005, it was reported that Dyson cleaners had become the market leaders in the United States by value (though not by the number of units sold). Dyson licensed the technology in North America from 1986 to 2001 to Fantom Technologies, after which Dyson entered the market directly.[citation needed]

Following his success, other major manufacturers began to market their own cyclonic vacuum cleaners. In 1999, Dyson sued Hoover (UK) for patent infringement. The High Court ruled that Hoover had deliberately copied a fundamental part of his patented designs in making its Triple Vortex bagless vacuum cleaner range.[18] Hoover agreed to pay damages of £4 million.[citation needed]

In mid-2014, Dyson personally appeared in Tokyo to introduce his "360 Eye" robotic vacuum cleaner. Dyson's initial entry into this market segment features 360° scanning and mapping for navigation, cyclonic dust separation, a custom-designed digital motor for high suction, tank treads for traction, a full-width brushroll bar, and user interface via a free iOS or Android app.[19]

Interviewed by Fast Company (May 2007), Dyson asserted the importance of failure in one's life, "I made 5,127 prototypes of my vacuum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That's how I came up with a solution. So I don't mind failure. I've always thought that schoolchildren should be marked by the number of failures they've had. The child who tries strange things and experiences lots of failures to get there is probably more creative."[15]

Other inventions

In 2000, Dyson expanded his appliance range to include a washing machine called the ContraRotator, which had two rotating drums moving in opposite directions. The range was decorated in the usual bright Dyson colours, rather than the traditional white, grey, or black of most other machines. It was not a commercial success and was discontinued in 2005.[20]

In 2002, Dyson created a realisation of the optical illusions depicted in the lithographs of Dutch artist M. C. Escher. Engineer Derek Phillips was able to accomplish the task after a year of work, creating a water sculpture in which the water appears to flow up to the tops of four ramps arranged in a square, before cascading to the bottom of the next ramp. Called Wrong Garden, it was displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2003.[21] The illusion is accomplished with water containing air bubbles pumped through a chamber underneath the transparent glass ramps to a slit at the top from which the bulk of the water cascades down. This makes it appear that the water is flowing up, when really, a small amount of water diverted from the slit at the top flows back down the ramps in a thin layer.[citation needed]

 
Dyson Airblade hand dryer

In October 2006 Dyson launched the Dyson Airblade, a fast hand dryer that uses a thin sheet of moving air as a squeegee to remove water, rather than attempting to evaporate it with heat. This allows for faster drying, while using much less energy than traditional electrical hand dryers.[citation needed]

 
Dyson air-purifier. Some newer models have features like oscillation and adjustment of air flow direction

Another product, launched in October 2009, is a fan without external blades which he calls the Air Multiplier.[22] Functions such as heating, air-purifying and humidifying were added later.[23]

In April 2016, Dyson launched the Dyson Supersonic, a hair dryer with a smaller motor in the handle to provide better balance and smaller size, as well as quieter operation.[24] Commenting on the launch, Vogue magazine said "as the first product to launch from Dyson's new UK state-of-the-art hair laboratory, we have high hopes for the future of our blow-dries."[25]

Research and development

In 2017 Dyson spent £7 million a week on research and development of new products.[26] The company is the UK's biggest investor in robotics and artificial intelligence research, employing over 3,500 engineers and scientists, and engaging in more than 40 university research programmes. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Dyson said, “We’re looking at more non-domestic products but we are not rushing to do lots of different things,” he said. “We are a private company so we can do it when we are ready.”

In November 2014, Dyson announced plans to invest a further £1.5 billion into the research and development of new technology, including funding for an expanded campus at the Dyson UK headquarters in Malmesbury which will create up to 3,000 jobs.[27]

The then Prime Minister David Cameron, said: "Dyson is a great British success story and the expansion of the Malmesbury campus will create thousands of new jobs, providing a real boost to the local economy and financial security for more hardworking families. Investment on this scale shows confidence in our long-term economic plan to back business, create more jobs and secure a brighter future for Britain".[28]

In March 2016, Dyson announced a second new multimillion-pound research and development centre on a 517-acre (209 ha) former Ministry of Defence (MoD) site at Hullavington, Wiltshire. The company said it aimed to double its UK-based workforce in the next five or six years. Dyson said: "After 25 years of UK growth, and continuing expansion globally, we are fast outgrowing our Malmesbury Campus. To win on the world stage you have to develop new technology and develop great products and that's what we're doing here.".[29]

In September 2017, Dyson announced plans to produce an electric vehicle, aiming to be launched in 2020, investing £2 billion of his own money.[30] He assembled a team of more than 400 people for the project.[30] According to reports, the vehicle was intended to be powered by a solid-state battery, Dyson having acquired the battery company Sakti3 in 2015.[31] In October 2019, Dyson announced that the electric car project had been cancelled due to it not being commercially viable.[32]

In 2017, he launched the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology.[8]

Allegations of copyright infringement

Dyson has several times accused Chinese spies and students of copying technological and scientific secrets from the UK through the planting of software bugs and by infiltrating British industries, institutions, and universities after they left. He also complained that China benefits from stealing foreign designs, flouting of product copyrights, and a two-speed patent system that discriminates against foreign firms with unreasonably longer times.[33][34][35][36]

Tax affairs

Dyson's tax affairs have been subject to considerable scrutiny in the British press across the political spectrum.[37][38][39][40][41]

Lux Leaks

Dyson publicly stated in 2008, "I think it's wrong to direct your business for tax reasons. Your business should be where you can do it best".[42] However, in 2009, his company Dyson Ltd incorporated a new parent company in Malta[43] to create £300 million and £550 million in intercompany loans via Luxembourg and Isle of Man companies that increased tax-deductible interest payments in the UK between 2009 and 2012. The creation of the additional UK tax-deductible interest payments relied on deals with the Luxembourg tax authorities revealed in the 2014 Lux Leaks.[44] The Dyson group stated to The Guardian in 2014: "At no time did the [group's former] non-UK structure deliver any significant tax advantage and, of the entities in question, all have been dissolved".[42]

Estimated tax contributions

In the 2022 Tax List published by The Sunday Times in January 2022, Dyson and his family were listed as 11th of the UK's 50 biggest taxpayers. The newspaper estimated £101 million was contributed for the last full year on record.[45] The IPPR think tank noted that only two of those listed in the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List – Dyson and the Weston family – were listed in that year's Tax List.[46] In the previous three years, Dyson had featured at 6th, 4th and 3rd in the Sunday Times Tax List, with the newspaper estimating a total contribution of £345.8 million to the UK exchequer.[47][48][49]

Europe

Pro-European Union

In 1998, Dyson was one of the chairmen and chief executives of 20 FTSE 100 companies who signed a statement published in The Financial Times calling on the government for early British membership of the Eurozone.[50] He claimed that failure to join the euro would lead to the destruction of the British manufacturing base and said: "It does not mean that the jobs will go tomorrow but will drift abroad over a period and the longer-term future of Britain as a manufacturing nation will be blighted. Ministers had better understand that if we delay entry too long there may be nothing left to save."[51]

Claiming that the strength of the pound was affecting his company's profits on exports to France and Germany, in February 2000 Dyson threatened to shift focus from his Malmesbury plant to a new plant set up in Malaysia because the government would not join the euro. He said: "We would expect to double in size in the next two years. We are talking about a £100 million investment and up to 2,000 jobs. I would like to make that investment in the UK. But it seems that is not going to be possible. The value of sterling means we are struggling to compete at home with cheap imports from Europe and the Far East. We do around £40 million worth of export business with France and Germany each year but we aren't making any money. If we joined the euro we would be on an even footing with our biggest trading partners."[52] An editorial published in The Times responded: "Mr Dyson, a manufacturing version of Sir Richard Branson, likes complaining. Yesterday he was complaining that Britain's failure to join the euro and the resultant strong pound will force him to move abroad. Last week he blamed the price of land and planning delays in Wiltshire, but never mind. So where will he go? To Portugal, Italy or to an EU candidate such as Poland? No, Mr Dyson threatens to go to the Far East. Like so many entrepreneurs, he wants a cheap currency and low interest rates, but also low inflation, low wages, a flexible labour market and low regulation. He will not find them in the eurozone."[53]

Dyson again threatened to shift production abroad in November 2000, saying: "It's suicidal for the UK not to join the euro. Why should we go on exporting at a loss? We're facing unfair competition."[54][55] In February 2002, Dyson announced that production was being shifted to the Far East. In August 2003, the assembly of washing machines was also switched from Malmesbury to Malaysia.[56]

Pro-Brexit

Dyson was one of the most prominent UK business leaders to publicly support Brexit before the referendum in June 2016.[57] Since the referendum, Dyson has stated that Britain should leave the EU Single Market and that this would "liberate" the economy and allow Britain to strike its own trade deals around the world.[58] During 2016, 19% of Dyson Ltd exports went to EU countries, compared with 81% to non-EU countries.[59] In 2017, Dyson suggested that the UK should leave the EU without an interim deal and that "uncertainty is an opportunity".[60] Previously, in 2014, Dyson had said he would be voting to leave the European Union to avoid being "dominated and bullied by the Germans".[61] In November 2017, Dyson was critical of the UK government Brexit negotiations and said "we should just walk away and they will come to us".[62] After it became public in January 2019 that Dyson's company was to move its headquarters from Malmesbury to Singapore, he was accused of hypocrisy regarding his campaign for Brexit.[63]

European Court of Justice

In November 2015, Dyson lost its case against EU energy labelling laws in the European General Court;[64] however, a subsequent appeal in the European Court of Justice said that the previous ruling had "distorted the facts" and "erred in law".[65]

Libel case against Channel 4 and ITN

In 2022 Dyson sued Channel 4 and ITN over allegations of exploitation of workers at one of his suppliers’ factories. In the High Court, it was ruled that there was no personal defamation.[66][67]

Philanthropy

 
Dyson in 2013

Dyson set up the James Dyson Foundation in 2002 to support design and engineering education. It is a registered charity under English law[68] and operates in the UK, US, and Japan. The foundation aims to inspire young people to study engineering and become engineers by encouraging students to think differently and to make mistakes. The foundation supports engineering education in schools and universities, as well as medical and scientific research in partnership with charities. It achieves this by funding resources such as the "Engineering Box", a box filled with activities for a school to use as a teaching aid.

In May 2014, the foundation announced an £8 million donation to create a technology hub at the University of Cambridge. The donation would also allow for a design and construction lab to be developed for undergraduate engineering students.[69]

In March 2015, the foundation gave £12 million to Imperial College London to allow the purchase of a Post Office building in Exhibition Road from the Science Museum. Imperial College were to open the Dyson School of Design Engineering in this building, and teach a new four-year master's degree in design engineering.[70]

Around 2021, the foundation gave £4 million[71] towards the construction of a £27 million[72] hub for cancer services at the Royal United Hospital, Bath, to be called the Dyson Cancer Centre. This followed a £500,000 donation to the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care at the same hospital, which opened in 2011.[73]

The foundation supports the work of young designers through the James Dyson Award, an international design award that "celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers".[74]

Dyson is also a trustee of The James and Deirdre Dyson Trust, a separate charity through which the couple make personal donations in various fields.[75] In June 2019, the charity announced a donation of £18.75 million to Dyson's old school, Gresham's, for the building of a new science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) building.[76] The Gresham's project was completed in 2021.[77]

Honours and awards

Personal life

Dyson married Deirdre Hindmarsh in 1968.[2] They have two sons and a daughter.[2]

In 1999, he acquired Domaine des Rabelles, an estate and winery near Villecroze and Tourtour, Var, France.[90] In 2003, Dyson paid £15 million[citation needed] for Dodington Park,[91] a 300-acre (1.2 km2) Georgian estate in South Gloucestershire close to Chipping Sodbury. He and his wife also own a house in Chelsea, London.[citation needed]

His vessel Nahlin is the largest British-flagged and -owned super yacht with an overall length of 91 metres (299 ft), and was ranked 36th in a 2013 survey of the world's 100 biggest yachts.[92][93] He also owns two Gulfstream G650ER private jets registered G-VIOF and G-GSVI.[94][95] He previously owned an older Gulfstream G650, registered G-ULFS and currently owns a AgustaWestland AW-139 helicopter.[96][94]

In July 2019, Dyson spent £43 million on a 21,108-square-foot (1,961.0 m2) triplex flat at the top of the Guoco Tower, the tallest building in Singapore.[97][98] He sold the flat in October 2020 for £36 million,[99][100] and in April 2021 it was reported that he had moved his place of residence back to the UK.[101] Dyson has also invested heavily into buying agriculture lands across Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire.[102]

Dyson is the beneficial owner of Weybourne Holdings Pte, a Singapore-based business that owns 31 UK properties, worth at least £287 million.[103]

Publications

Dyson's publications include two autobiographies:

  • Against the Odds: An Autobiography (1997) ISBN 9780752809816
  • Invention: A Life (2021) ISBN 9781471198748

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For other people named James Dyson see James Dyson disambiguation This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sir James Dyson OM CBE RDI FRS FREng FCSD FIET born 2 May 1947 2 is a British inventor industrial designer farmer and billionaire entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd 3 4 He is best known as the inventor of the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner which works on the principle of cyclonic separation According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2022 he is the second richest person in the UK with an estimated net worth of 23 billion 5 SirJames DysonOM CBE RDI FRS FREng FCSD FIETDyson at the Royal Society admissions day in London July 2015Provost of the Royal College of ArtIn office 1 August 2011 2011 08 01 1 July 2017 2017 07 01 Preceded byTerence ConranSucceeded byJonathan Ive as Chancellor Personal detailsBorn 1947 05 02 2 May 1947 age 75 Cromer Norfolk EnglandSpouseDeirdre Hindmarsh m 1968 wbr Children3Alma materByam Shaw School of Art Royal College of ArtOccupationBusiness magnateindustrial designeracademic administratorAwardsOrder of Merit 2016 Knight Bachelor 2007 Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1998 Fellow of the Royal Society 2015 1 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2005 Websitedyson wbr co wbr uk jamesdysonaward wbr org jamesdysonfoundation wbr comHe served as the Provost of the Royal College of Art from August 2011 to July 2017 6 7 and opened a new university the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology on Dyson s Wiltshire campus in September 2017 8 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Early inventions 3 Vacuum cleaners 4 Other inventions 5 Research and development 5 1 Allegations of copyright infringement 6 Tax affairs 6 1 Lux Leaks 6 2 Estimated tax contributions 7 Europe 7 1 Pro European Union 7 2 Pro Brexit 7 3 European Court of Justice 8 Libel case against Channel 4 and ITN 9 Philanthropy 10 Honours and awards 11 Personal life 12 Publications 13 References 14 External linksEarly life and education EditJames Dyson was born 2 May 1947 in Cromer Norfolk one of three children 2 and named after his grandfather James Dyson He was educated at Gresham s School an independent boarding school in Holt Norfolk from 1956 to 1965 when his father died of prostate cancer 9 He excelled at long distance running I was quite good at it not because I was physically good but because I had more determination I learnt determination from it 10 He spent one year 1965 1966 at the Byam Shaw School of Art and then studied furniture and interior design at the Royal College of Art 1966 1970 before moving into engineering It was while attending the Royal College of Art 11 to study fine art that Dyson made the switch to industrial design due in part to the tutorage of a structural engineer Anthony Hunt Early inventions EditDyson helped design the Sea Truck in 1970 while studying at the Royal College of Art His first original invention the Ballbarrow was a modified version of a wheelbarrow using a ball instead of a wheel This was featured on the BBC s Tomorrow s World television programme Dyson stuck with the idea of a ball inventing the Trolleyball a trolley that launched boats He then designed the Wheelboat 12 which could travel at speeds of 64 kilometres per hour 40 mph on both land and water citation needed Vacuum cleaners EditMain article Dyson company DC07 bagless Dyson vacuum cleaner In the late 1970s Dyson had the idea of using cyclonic separation to create a vacuum cleaner that would not lose suction as it picked up dirt He became frustrated with his Hoover Junior s diminishing performance the dust bag pores kept becoming clogged with dust thus reducing suction 13 The cyclone idea came from a sawmill that used cyclone technology 14 Partly supported by his wife s salary as an art teacher and after fifteen years and about 5 127 prototypes Dyson launched the G Force cleaner in 1983 15 However no manufacturer or distributor would handle his product in the UK as it would have disturbed the valuable market for replacement dust bags so Dyson launched it in Japan through catalogue sales 16 Manufactured in bright pink the G Force sold for the equivalent of 2 000 clarification needed It won the 1991 International Design Fair Prize in Japan He filed a series of patents for his dual cyclone vacuum cleaner EP0037674 in 1980 After his invention was rejected by the major manufacturers Dyson set up his own manufacturing company Dyson Ltd In June 1993 he opened a research centre and factory in Malmesbury Wiltshire citation needed Dyson s slogan say goodbye to the bag proved attractive to the buying public The Dyson Dual Cyclone became the fastest selling vacuum cleaner ever made in the UK and outsold those of some of the companies that rejected his idea becoming one of the most popular brands in the UK 17 In early 2005 it was reported that Dyson cleaners had become the market leaders in the United States by value though not by the number of units sold Dyson licensed the technology in North America from 1986 to 2001 to Fantom Technologies after which Dyson entered the market directly citation needed Following his success other major manufacturers began to market their own cyclonic vacuum cleaners In 1999 Dyson sued Hoover UK for patent infringement The High Court ruled that Hoover had deliberately copied a fundamental part of his patented designs in making its Triple Vortex bagless vacuum cleaner range 18 Hoover agreed to pay damages of 4 million citation needed In mid 2014 Dyson personally appeared in Tokyo to introduce his 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaner Dyson s initial entry into this market segment features 360 scanning and mapping for navigation cyclonic dust separation a custom designed digital motor for high suction tank treads for traction a full width brushroll bar and user interface via a free iOS or Android app 19 Interviewed by Fast Company May 2007 Dyson asserted the importance of failure in one s life I made 5 127 prototypes of my vacuum before I got it right There were 5 126 failures But I learned from each one That s how I came up with a solution So I don t mind failure I ve always thought that schoolchildren should be marked by the number of failures they ve had The child who tries strange things and experiences lots of failures to get there is probably more creative 15 Other inventions EditIn 2000 Dyson expanded his appliance range to include a washing machine called the ContraRotator which had two rotating drums moving in opposite directions The range was decorated in the usual bright Dyson colours rather than the traditional white grey or black of most other machines It was not a commercial success and was discontinued in 2005 20 In 2002 Dyson created a realisation of the optical illusions depicted in the lithographs of Dutch artist M C Escher Engineer Derek Phillips was able to accomplish the task after a year of work creating a water sculpture in which the water appears to flow up to the tops of four ramps arranged in a square before cascading to the bottom of the next ramp Called Wrong Garden it was displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2003 21 The illusion is accomplished with water containing air bubbles pumped through a chamber underneath the transparent glass ramps to a slit at the top from which the bulk of the water cascades down This makes it appear that the water is flowing up when really a small amount of water diverted from the slit at the top flows back down the ramps in a thin layer citation needed Dyson Airblade hand dryer In October 2006 Dyson launched the Dyson Airblade a fast hand dryer that uses a thin sheet of moving air as a squeegee to remove water rather than attempting to evaporate it with heat This allows for faster drying while using much less energy than traditional electrical hand dryers citation needed Dyson air purifier Some newer models have features like oscillation and adjustment of air flow direction Another product launched in October 2009 is a fan without external blades which he calls the Air Multiplier 22 Functions such as heating air purifying and humidifying were added later 23 In April 2016 Dyson launched the Dyson Supersonic a hair dryer with a smaller motor in the handle to provide better balance and smaller size as well as quieter operation 24 Commenting on the launch Vogue magazine said as the first product to launch from Dyson s new UK state of the art hair laboratory we have high hopes for the future of our blow dries 25 Research and development EditIn 2017 Dyson spent 7 million a week on research and development of new products 26 The company is the UK s biggest investor in robotics and artificial intelligence research employing over 3 500 engineers and scientists and engaging in more than 40 university research programmes Speaking to the Daily Telegraph Dyson said We re looking at more non domestic products but we are not rushing to do lots of different things he said We are a private company so we can do it when we are ready In November 2014 Dyson announced plans to invest a further 1 5 billion into the research and development of new technology including funding for an expanded campus at the Dyson UK headquarters in Malmesbury which will create up to 3 000 jobs 27 The then Prime Minister David Cameron said Dyson is a great British success story and the expansion of the Malmesbury campus will create thousands of new jobs providing a real boost to the local economy and financial security for more hardworking families Investment on this scale shows confidence in our long term economic plan to back business create more jobs and secure a brighter future for Britain 28 In March 2016 Dyson announced a second new multimillion pound research and development centre on a 517 acre 209 ha former Ministry of Defence MoD site at Hullavington Wiltshire The company said it aimed to double its UK based workforce in the next five or six years Dyson said After 25 years of UK growth and continuing expansion globally we are fast outgrowing our Malmesbury Campus To win on the world stage you have to develop new technology and develop great products and that s what we re doing here 29 In September 2017 Dyson announced plans to produce an electric vehicle aiming to be launched in 2020 investing 2 billion of his own money 30 He assembled a team of more than 400 people for the project 30 According to reports the vehicle was intended to be powered by a solid state battery Dyson having acquired the battery company Sakti3 in 2015 31 In October 2019 Dyson announced that the electric car project had been cancelled due to it not being commercially viable 32 In 2017 he launched the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology 8 Allegations of copyright infringement Edit Dyson has several times accused Chinese spies and students of copying technological and scientific secrets from the UK through the planting of software bugs and by infiltrating British industries institutions and universities after they left He also complained that China benefits from stealing foreign designs flouting of product copyrights and a two speed patent system that discriminates against foreign firms with unreasonably longer times 33 34 35 36 Tax affairs EditDyson s tax affairs have been subject to considerable scrutiny in the British press across the political spectrum 37 38 39 40 41 Lux Leaks Edit Dyson publicly stated in 2008 I think it s wrong to direct your business for tax reasons Your business should be where you can do it best 42 However in 2009 his company Dyson Ltd incorporated a new parent company in Malta 43 to create 300 million and 550 million in intercompany loans via Luxembourg and Isle of Man companies that increased tax deductible interest payments in the UK between 2009 and 2012 The creation of the additional UK tax deductible interest payments relied on deals with the Luxembourg tax authorities revealed in the 2014 Lux Leaks 44 The Dyson group stated to The Guardian in 2014 At no time did the group s former non UK structure deliver any significant tax advantage and of the entities in question all have been dissolved 42 Estimated tax contributions Edit In the 2022 Tax List published by The Sunday Times in January 2022 Dyson and his family were listed as 11th of the UK s 50 biggest taxpayers The newspaper estimated 101 million was contributed for the last full year on record 45 The IPPR think tank noted that only two of those listed in the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List Dyson and the Weston family were listed in that year s Tax List 46 In the previous three years Dyson had featured at 6th 4th and 3rd in the Sunday Times Tax List with the newspaper estimating a total contribution of 345 8 million to the UK exchequer 47 48 49 Europe EditPro European Union Edit In 1998 Dyson was one of the chairmen and chief executives of 20 FTSE 100 companies who signed a statement published in The Financial Times calling on the government for early British membership of the Eurozone 50 He claimed that failure to join the euro would lead to the destruction of the British manufacturing base and said It does not mean that the jobs will go tomorrow but will drift abroad over a period and the longer term future of Britain as a manufacturing nation will be blighted Ministers had better understand that if we delay entry too long there may be nothing left to save 51 Claiming that the strength of the pound was affecting his company s profits on exports to France and Germany in February 2000 Dyson threatened to shift focus from his Malmesbury plant to a new plant set up in Malaysia because the government would not join the euro He said We would expect to double in size in the next two years We are talking about a 100 million investment and up to 2 000 jobs I would like to make that investment in the UK But it seems that is not going to be possible The value of sterling means we are struggling to compete at home with cheap imports from Europe and the Far East We do around 40 million worth of export business with France and Germany each year but we aren t making any money If we joined the euro we would be on an even footing with our biggest trading partners 52 An editorial published in The Times responded Mr Dyson a manufacturing version of Sir Richard Branson likes complaining Yesterday he was complaining that Britain s failure to join the euro and the resultant strong pound will force him to move abroad Last week he blamed the price of land and planning delays in Wiltshire but never mind So where will he go To Portugal Italy or to an EU candidate such as Poland No Mr Dyson threatens to go to the Far East Like so many entrepreneurs he wants a cheap currency and low interest rates but also low inflation low wages a flexible labour market and low regulation He will not find them in the eurozone 53 Dyson again threatened to shift production abroad in November 2000 saying It s suicidal for the UK not to join the euro Why should we go on exporting at a loss We re facing unfair competition 54 55 In February 2002 Dyson announced that production was being shifted to the Far East In August 2003 the assembly of washing machines was also switched from Malmesbury to Malaysia 56 Pro Brexit Edit Dyson was one of the most prominent UK business leaders to publicly support Brexit before the referendum in June 2016 57 Since the referendum Dyson has stated that Britain should leave the EU Single Market and that this would liberate the economy and allow Britain to strike its own trade deals around the world 58 During 2016 19 of Dyson Ltd exports went to EU countries compared with 81 to non EU countries 59 In 2017 Dyson suggested that the UK should leave the EU without an interim deal and that uncertainty is an opportunity 60 Previously in 2014 Dyson had said he would be voting to leave the European Union to avoid being dominated and bullied by the Germans 61 In November 2017 Dyson was critical of the UK government Brexit negotiations and said we should just walk away and they will come to us 62 After it became public in January 2019 that Dyson s company was to move its headquarters from Malmesbury to Singapore he was accused of hypocrisy regarding his campaign for Brexit 63 European Court of Justice Edit In November 2015 Dyson lost its case against EU energy labelling laws in the European General Court 64 however a subsequent appeal in the European Court of Justice said that the previous ruling had distorted the facts and erred in law 65 Libel case against Channel 4 and ITN EditIn 2022 Dyson sued Channel 4 and ITN over allegations of exploitation of workers at one of his suppliers factories In the High Court it was ruled that there was no personal defamation 66 67 Philanthropy Edit Dyson in 2013 Dyson set up the James Dyson Foundation in 2002 to support design and engineering education It is a registered charity under English law 68 and operates in the UK US and Japan The foundation aims to inspire young people to study engineering and become engineers by encouraging students to think differently and to make mistakes The foundation supports engineering education in schools and universities as well as medical and scientific research in partnership with charities It achieves this by funding resources such as the Engineering Box a box filled with activities for a school to use as a teaching aid In May 2014 the foundation announced an 8 million donation to create a technology hub at the University of Cambridge The donation would also allow for a design and construction lab to be developed for undergraduate engineering students 69 In March 2015 the foundation gave 12 million to Imperial College London to allow the purchase of a Post Office building in Exhibition Road from the Science Museum Imperial College were to open the Dyson School of Design Engineering in this building and teach a new four year master s degree in design engineering 70 Around 2021 the foundation gave 4 million 71 towards the construction of a 27 million 72 hub for cancer services at the Royal United Hospital Bath to be called the Dyson Cancer Centre This followed a 500 000 donation to the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care at the same hospital which opened in 2011 73 The foundation supports the work of young designers through the James Dyson Award an international design award that celebrates encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers 74 Dyson is also a trustee of The James and Deirdre Dyson Trust a separate charity through which the couple make personal donations in various fields 75 In June 2019 the charity announced a donation of 18 75 million to Dyson s old school Gresham s for the building of a new science technology engineering arts and mathematics STEAM building 76 The Gresham s project was completed in 2021 77 Honours and awards EditIn 1997 Dyson was awarded the Prince Philip Designers Prize 78 Dyson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE in the 1998 New Year Honours for services to industrial design 79 In 2000 he received the Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Award He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath in 2000 80 In 2005 Dyson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering FREng 81 and appointed a Royal Designer for Industry 82 Dyson was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2007 New Year Honours for services to business 83 Dyson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society FRS in 2015 1 Dyson was appointed to the Order of Merit OM in the 2016 New Year Honours for achievements in industrial design 84 85 In 2017 Dyson was awarded IEEE Honorary Membership Dyson was provost of the Royal College of Art in London until 1 July 2017 having succeeded Sir Terence Conran in August 2011 86 and is patron of the Design amp Technology Association 87 He was chair of the board of trustees of the Design Museum the first in the world to showcase design of the manufactured object until suddenly resigning in September 2004 88 saying the museum had become a style showcase instead of upholding its mission to encourage serious design of the manufactured object Dyson was elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 for the development of advanced technologies and innovative products and contributions to design and engineering education 89 Personal life EditDyson married Deirdre Hindmarsh in 1968 2 They have two sons and a daughter 2 In 1999 he acquired Domaine des Rabelles an estate and winery near Villecroze and Tourtour Var France 90 In 2003 Dyson paid 15 million citation needed for Dodington Park 91 a 300 acre 1 2 km2 Georgian estate in South Gloucestershire close to Chipping Sodbury He and his wife also own a house in Chelsea London citation needed His vessel Nahlin is the largest British flagged and owned super yacht with an overall length of 91 metres 299 ft and was ranked 36th in a 2013 survey of the world s 100 biggest yachts 92 93 He also owns two Gulfstream G650ER private jets registered G VIOF and G GSVI 94 95 He previously owned an older Gulfstream G650 registered G ULFS and currently owns a AgustaWestland AW 139 helicopter 96 94 In July 2019 Dyson spent 43 million on a 21 108 square foot 1 961 0 m2 triplex flat at the top of the Guoco Tower the tallest building in Singapore 97 98 He sold the flat in October 2020 for 36 million 99 100 and in April 2021 it was reported that he had moved his place of residence back to the UK 101 Dyson has also invested heavily into buying agriculture lands across Lincolnshire Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire 102 Dyson is the beneficial owner of Weybourne Holdings Pte a Singapore based business that owns 31 UK properties worth at least 287 million 103 Publications EditDyson s publications include two autobiographies 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as Dyson reports record results The Daily Telegraph 27 March 2017 Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Dyson founder ploughs 1 5bn into product invention and new campus The Guardian 21 November 2014 Dyson announces 1 5billion of investment and makes first steps on expansion to Malmesbury headquarters Wiltshire and Gloucester Standard 21 November 2014 Dyson to open second tech campus in Hullavington BBC 1 March 2016 a b Dyson s car faces low barriers to entry but high barriers to success The Economist 27 September 2017 P M 16 October 2017 Will solid state batteries power us all The Economist Dyson has scrapped its electric car project BBC 11 October 2019 Retrieved 11 October 2019 Vacuum Designer James Dyson Chinese Students Steal Secrets from UK Schools Time 30 March 2011 Chinese students steal secrets inventor James Dyson The Australian 27 March 2011 Dyson seeks to block copycat manufacturers in China The Guardian 4 December 2011 Collins Nick 6 December 2011 Sir James Dyson attacks China over designs theft The Telegraph Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 UK s highest taxpayers revealed in first ever Sunday Times list BBC News 27 January 2019 Retrieved 26 March 2022 Sir James Dyson has moved back to UK docs show as tax row continues CityAM 21 April 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2022 A lot of people pitched in during Covid but only Dyson got a tax waiver for it Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian 22 April 2021 Retrieved 26 March 2022 Fisher Lucy Tovey Alan 21 April 2021 Sir James Dyson moves back to Britain after two years in Singapore The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 26 March 2022 Cordon Gavin 21 April 2021 Boris Johnson told Sir James Dyson he would fix tax issue www standard co uk Retrieved 26 March 2022 a b Bowers Simon 5 November 2014 Luxembourg tax files how tiny state rubber stamped tax avoidance on an industrial scale The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 23 September 2021 Clear Cover Limited ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database offshoreleaks icij org 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production abroad The Guardian London p 27 Manning Clinton 16 February 2000 Dyson Only Euro can stop me heading East Daily Mirror London p 8 Sucked in by euro illusion The Times London 16 February 2000 p 29 Doward Jamie 5 November 2000 Dyson in new euro jobs threat I ll expand outside UK if we stay out says cleaner king Factory in Malaysia is standing by The Observer London p 1 Retrieved 11 January 2018 Teeman Tim 27 October 2001 A master of spin comes clean The Times London p 3 Gribben Roland 21 August 2003 Dyson production moves to Malaysia The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Retrieved 11 January 2018 Ruddick Graham 13 September 2016 Sir James Dyson upbeat about Brexit as company invests in expansion The Guardian Now Sir James Dyson urges single market exit just months after losing a nasty battle in Brussels The Independent 14 September 2016 Pearson Alison 10 June 2016 Sir James Dyson So if we leave the EU no one will trade with us Cobblers The Daily 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2021 Sir James Dyson now owns more land in England than the Queen The Daily Telegraph 28 December 2014 Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 Retrieved 17 May 2021 Dyson among British entrepreneurs who own UK property via overseas companies The Guardian 2 February 2023 Retrieved 2 February 2023 External links Edit James Dyson Patents and patent applications Espacenet Chochinov Allan 2001 A Conversation with James Dyson in Three Parts Interview Core77 Dyson James 9 December 2004 Engineering the Difference Factual amp Arts TV Richard Dimbleby Lecture BBC James Dyson Forbes October 2006 Archived from the original on 19 May 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Dyson amp oldid 1146867359, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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