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Dolby Laboratories Inc.
 PROFILE
Talk about having a sound business model. Dolby Laboratories is the industry leader in developing sound processing and noise reduction systems for use in professional and consumer audio and video equipment. Rather than making the end products, Dolby licenses its technology to manufacturers. More than 850 million products with Dolby technology have been sold. In film production, the Dolby Digital format has become the defacto audio standard; its systems equip more than 30,000 movie screens. The company has also begun to expand into digital audio compression. Owner Ray Dolby founded the company in London in 1965 and relocated it to San Francisco in 1976. Dolby has hinted at a possible public stock offering.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: September
2000 Sales (mil.): 133.10
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 6.5%
Employees: 550
Revenue per employee: $242,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• N. W. Jasper
    CEO
• Janet L. Daly
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
100 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94103
US
Phone: 415-558-0200
Fax: 415-863-1373
Online: Web Site

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