Chris Curry

Christopher Curry, born on 28 January 1946, is a British businessman and the co-founder of Acorn Computers, together with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper. He became a millionaire through Acorn's success. Early in his career he worked at Pye, the Royal Radar Establishment and W.R. Grace Laboratories, then joined Sinclair Radionics in 1966 and stayed thirteen years, working on hi-fi products and the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle. In 1972 he helped launch its first electronic calculator, and in December 1978 he set up Cambridge Processor Unit Ltd, whose first product was the Acorn Microcomputer.