University of Edinburgh Business School

David Milne in 1970 appointed to the Wolfson Microelectronics Institute in Edinburgh where he became director in 1973. He took the Institute private in 1985 forming a company specialising in integrated circuit design for third parties 
and transitioned it into a fabless semiconductor company in 1995 addressing the emerging market for digital consumer applications and has since established a worldwide reputation for its audio products used in many iconic digital consumer products. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2003 reaching a market capitalisation in excess of $1bn in 2006.