# Qualcomm founder

entity: /record/qualcomm.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/qualcomm/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-02  

As of November 2, 2026, Qualcomm's founders on the AsOf record are Irwin M. Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi, each a claim of its own with its date, from 4 sources in all. The record holds 2 claims on Qualcomm's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-02.

- [Qualcomm](/record/qualcomm.md) | founder | Irwin M. Jacobs | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_5D140537BE08](/claim/clm_5D140537BE08.md)
  sources: https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/qualcomm-inc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847, https://www.invent.org/inductees/irwin-mark-jacobs
- [Qualcomm](/record/qualcomm.md) | founder | Andrew Viterbi | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_C069985A05A1](/claim/clm_C069985A05A1.md)
  sources: https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/qualcomm-quality-communication-and-semiconductor-innovation, https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/qualcomm-inc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Qualcomm](/record/qualcomm.md) | founder | Irwin M. Jacobs | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_5D140537BE08](/claim/clm_5D140537BE08.md)
  sources: https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/qualcomm-inc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847, https://www.invent.org/inductees/irwin-mark-jacobs
- [Qualcomm](/record/qualcomm.md) | founder | Andrew Viterbi | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_C069985A05A1](/claim/clm_C069985A05A1.md)
  sources: https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/qualcomm-quality-communication-and-semiconductor-innovation, https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/economics-magazines/qualcomm-inc, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544847

## Questions this record answers

### Who are Qualcomm's founders?

Irwin M. Jacobs (undated) and Andrew Viterbi (undated), as the record asserts them on November 2, 2026.


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/qualcomm/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/qualcomm?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "qualcomm", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/qualcomm/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/qualcomm.md · timeline: /timelines/qualcomm.md

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