| 词条 | William F. Austin |
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| name = Bill Austin | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = William Franklin Austin | birth_date = {{bya|1942}} | birth_place = Nixa, Missouri, US | death_date = | death_place = | residence = Brownsville, Texas, US | nationality = American | education = | occupation = Businessman | known for = | home_town = | salary = | networth = US$2.5 billion (October 2018)[1] | title = CEO, Starkey Hearing Technologies | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = Tani Austin (4th wife) | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = }} William Franklin "Bill" Austin (born 1941/1942) is an American billionaire businessman, the CEO of Starkey Hearing Technologies, the largest hearing aid manufacturer in the US. Early lifeWilliam Franklin Austin was born in Nixa, Missouri in 1942.[2] CareerIn 1970, Austin paid $13,000 for Starkey Labs then a hearing aid parts shop.[1] Personal lifeAustin and his fourth wife Tani live in Brownsville, Texas, US.[1][3] His stepson, Brandon Dawson, from an earlier marriage, first worked for Austin as a 9-year-old, earning "five cents for every box of returned product he unpacked" at Austin's Minneapolis-based hearing aid factory.[4] Aged 25, Dawson says he was national sales director of Starkey, and hoped one day to be CEO, but his mother and stepfather began a bitter divorce battle.[4] Dawson became CEO of HealthCare Capital, another hearing aid company, and now heads Audigy.[4] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Bill Austin |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bill-austin/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=15 October 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Austin, William F}}{{US-business-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |title=William F. (Franklin) Austin |url=http://msthalloffame.org/william_austin.htm |website=Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame |accessdate=15 October 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news |last1=Tindera |first1=Michela |title=Runaway Billionaire: Meet The CEO Whose Company Descended Into Fraud, Embezzlement and Betrayal |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2018/06/12/starkey-hearing-bill-austin/#54f339dc3090 |accessdate=15 October 2018 |work=Forbes |date=30 June 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |last1=Palmeri |first1=Christopher |title=Founding your own company is the best revenge |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1998/0126/6102062a.html#40e190725d13 |accessdate=15 October 2018 |work=Forbes |date=26 January 1998}} 5 : 1940s births|Living people|American chief executives|American billionaires|People from Nixa, Missouri |
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