That guy's career is a story unto itself:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar
Edit - some nice reads:
https://hackaday.com/2014/04/08/heroes-of-hardware-revolutio...
https://web.archive.org/web/20190527014243/https://www.autod...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Widlar
Edit - some nice reads:
https://hackaday.com/2014/04/08/heroes-of-hardware-revolutio...
https://web.archive.org/web/20190527014243/https://www.autod...
This quote in the section about his retirement in the Wikipedia article made me chuckle:
His proud statement: "I don't work" caused him frequent troubles when crossing the Mexican border and eventually, Widlar created a set of fake business cards presenting him as a "road agent" for "Morgan Associates".