Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB)

100 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94103-4813 (Map)
Phone: 415-558-0200
Fax: 415-863-1373
http://www.dolby.com

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Talk about having a sound business model. Dolby Laboratories is the market leader in developing sound processing and noise reduction systems for use in professional and consumer audio and video equipment. Though it does make some of its own products, Dolby mostly licenses its technology to other manufacturers. The firm has about 1,000 patents and 870 trademarks worldwide. In film, the Dolby Digital format has become the de facto audio standard; its systems equip movie screens around the globe. The company has expanded into digital audio compression. American engineer and physicist Ray Dolby founded the firm in London in 1965 and moved it to San Francisco in 1977. He controls 91% of the company's voting power.

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Company Type Public (NYSE: DLB)
Fiscal Year-End September
2007 Sales (mil.) £235.4
1-Year Sales Growth 23.1%
2007 Net Income (mil.) £69.8
1-Year Net Income Growth 59.5%
2007 Employees 976
1-Year Employee Growth 13.0%
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Chairman Ray M. Dolby
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President, CEO, and Director N. William Jasper Jr.
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EVP and CFO Kevin J. Yeaman
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