I've never met Franklin Antonio, but for the ones that don't know, he co-founded Qualcomm, and I assume he made most of his money that way. He died last year, casue of death was uncertain. [0]
Wikipedia somehow separates him from the "original" seven founders, though: [1]
> Qualcomm was created in July 1985by seven former Linkabit employees led by Irwin Jacobs. Other co-founders included Andrew Viterbi, Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Harvey White.
It seems that he's been a long-time supporter of SETI.
Glad that this money will go towards scientific research.
EDIT: the source cited by Wikipedia [2] actually includes Franklin Antonio among the original seven founders:
> The company was founded in 1985 by seven communications industry veterans -- Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Harvey White.
[0]: https://www.seti.org/longtime-seti-champion-franklin-antonio...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm
[2]: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/08/10/qualcomm.facts/
Wikipedia somehow separates him from the "original" seven founders, though: [1]
> Qualcomm was created in July 1985by seven former Linkabit employees led by Irwin Jacobs. Other co-founders included Andrew Viterbi, Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Harvey White.
It seems that he's been a long-time supporter of SETI.
Glad that this money will go towards scientific research.
EDIT: the source cited by Wikipedia [2] actually includes Franklin Antonio among the original seven founders:
> The company was founded in 1985 by seven communications industry veterans -- Franklin Antonio, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Harvey White.
[0]: https://www.seti.org/longtime-seti-champion-franklin-antonio...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm
[2]: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/08/10/qualcomm.facts/