Andy Rubin

Andrew E. Rubin (born 1963) is a former engineer of Apple Computer and a co-founder of Android Inc, creator of the Android operating system.

Education
Rubin earned a B.S. in computer science from in 1985.

Apple Computer
Rubin joined Apple Computer as a software engineer in August 1989. He was nicknamed "Android" by his co-workers there due to his interest in robotics.

After Apple
In February 1992, Rubin joined General Magic to work on Magic Cap. In March 1995, he joined, which was acquired by Microsoft. In December 1999, he co-founded, developer of the (also known as the T-Mobile Sidekick), an early smartphone. In 2003, Rubin was sidelined by investors and started work on a new venture outside of Danger to develop a mobile operating system. Danger would be sold in 2008 for a reported 500 million to Microsoft, which rebranded the successor to the Hiptops as the short-lived.

Android and Google
In January 2004, Rubin left Danger permanently for the new venture which became Android Inc. in Palo Alto, California. Like his nickname, the new operating system was named "Android". In 2005, Android was acquired by Google for 50 million. Rubin remained as an executive overseeing Android until he left Google in 2014 following an internal investigation into an alleged sex scandal.