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Amar Gopal Bose's childhood was not beautiful. As a child of Indian descent in the United States, he got a lot of racial sentiments. But, all the treatment it received Amar patiently. He then actually absorbed in his hobby tinkering with electronic equipment. At the age of 13 years, Amar can repair all electronic equipment, especially radio. With that skill, he opened a radio repair business. Tens years later, he became king Bose audio brand. 

Amar Gopal Bose is a former professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who has a wealth of 1 billion U.S. dollars. With his wealth, this year Forbes magazine put him back in the list of 500 richest people in the world ranked 359. Two consecutive years, 2009-2010, he was thrown from the list.
Amar was born in Philadelphia, United States (U.S.) in 1929. He was the son of Noni Gopal Bose, Indian freedom fighter who fled from the pursuit of colonial Britain. At that time, Bose came to the U.S. with only $ 5 U.S. money. His mother is a white man who worked as a teacher.
Amar family steeped in culinary, culture, and philosophy of India. Despite running to the Land of Uncle Sam, the father is still active in the underground movement Affairs Ganges. Bose giving many lectures and speeches in the U.S. about British actions in India are not inferior to treatment Nazis, Germany.
Hence, not infrequently, small house Amar's family on the outskirts of Philadelphia is home to overseas Indians for days and even months.
As a descendant of India, Amar lot of racist treatment. He often did not obtain service if eating in restaurants. "Father, mother, and I sometimes try, we were seated but the food never came," he recalls.
Treatment found that parents often come to the restaurant manager Amar and pretending to be an African-American. Amar told me, his father would say to the manager, "We were able to get money from cooking food, able to serve, and able to sacrifice their lives in war. So can you explain why we did not deserve a service?".
With his father's words, everyone in the restaurant will be silent and listen. After that, Amar and his parents will go.
In addition, racism is also experienced Amar each went to school. He should uphold the head and keep emotions when the white kids mocked as "nigger". However, because his father forbade to fight, Amar control his emotions. In fact, today, Amar very grateful for that experience has enabled him to appreciate the feelings of the excluded and belittled.
To vent his emotions, Amar to play the violin. The game he learned violin from age seven to 14 years who took him into the world of acoustic music.
Not just liked the music, Amar also fond of the electronic world. He began to familiar with this world since the age of 12 years. At that time, he studied his friend's radio transmitters. At age 13, Amar was able to repair all electronic equipment. "This is amazing, I could just do it," says Amar. With this expertise, he then opened a radio repair business.
When World War II raging, import export business coconuts and carpet his father suffered financial difficulties. It made a radio repair business a source of additional income. Increasingly electronic world come alive Amar when he went to college at the Department of Electrical Engineering at MIT.
Her passion for electronic and acoustic take on business Amar Gopal Bose audio. Disappointment to the Hi-Fi audio products further strengthen the intention to do business. As a lecturer in MIT's electrical, Bose has a lot of opportunities to conduct research. From the research and experimentation for many years, he finally got a patent and is able to produce speakers that became the worldwide standard for 25 years.
Electronic world craze will bring to Amar Gopal Bose Institute of Technology (MIT). It also fits with his desire to do research on electronics.
After earning a doctorate in the field of electro, Bose then explore a career as a lecturer at MIT. He taught courses network theory. Unlike other professors, he did not use a textbook when teaching. He would throw the whole book text and confronts his students at nine board.
To stimulate students' minds, Bose sent his students to ask tough questions. From those questions, he will give an explanation, including finding solutions to solve the problem. He also abolished the test of time by allowing each student to open a book.
From the way it is, Bose is very popular class to the faculty of mathematics and biology. Bose-class students as a class called "life 101".
From small, Bose never aspire to be entrepreneurs. Association at MIT was the one who makes a life entrepreneur. Renowned MIT professors have a high entrepreneurial spirit. From this association, Bose wishes back to become entrepreneurs, as she had done when young with a radio repair shop.
The desire grew stronger when in 1956, he bought a set of audio high fidelity (Hi-Fi). At that time, Bose thinks that the new audio equipment he bought to give the best sound quality. Moreover, the specification offered are highly qualified. But when I got home and turned it on, "I immediately turned it off in five minutes, his voice is very bad," he said.
From that experience, Bose tried to assemble an audio device that can provide sound quality as when listening to a concert in the buildings.
Although later moved to teach in India, with a scholarship from the Fulbright, Bose never forget studying acoustics to create the best audio device.
Back from India, he continued to conduct experiments in collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for many years. Experiments conducted to measure how the sound reached the ears of the audience. He then took the measurement to MIT to study.
Bose concluded, only about 2% of the vote that is absorbed from each reflection. At that time, people just designing speakers that emit sounds straight forward. With these findings, Bose obtain patent rights in the design of the speakers.
Because they do not have enough funds to set up a company, Bose had to convince investors to want to invest their money. One of the investors that he managed to convince the YW Lee.
Lee is a professor and thesis adviser Bose. He's willing to risk his life savings to businesses Bose. With a capital of trust, in 1964 Bose Corporation was officially established.
Bose's first product is 901 direct / reflecting speakers. It was the first speaker in the world who use the room around, not the reproduction of sound like the vacuum of space. Bose's 901 became the industry standard for 25 years.
Bose also developed Auditioner, audio devices to take into account the specifications of the room. Auditioner be a marketing advantage Bose, because prospective buyers can find the sound quality in their buildings prior to the audio system installed.
Now, Amar has been in business at the office located on the hill known as The Mountain in Framingham, Massachusetts. He is overseeing the research, assembly, and production of high quality audio equipment under the brand Bose. In addition to producing speakers, Bose is also working on an audio installation for the auditorium and concert performances worldwide.