Dagmar Dolby & family

About Me

Dagmar Dolby owns about 36% of publicly-traded audio technology firm Dolby Laboratories, which her husband Ray Dolby (d. 2013) founded in 1965. The company pioneered surround sound technologies used in thousands of films and products, and most recently, in video games and mobile devices. Her two sons share voting power over some assets. David is a board member at Dolby Labs; his brother, Tom, is a novelist and filmmaker. Since 2015, she has committed over $160 million to the University of Cambridge, where Ray Dolby earned a Ph.D. in physics. In September 2018, Dolby donated $20 million to UC San Francisco to establish the Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders. She has also supported the Academy Foundation to fund the construction of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.