1. STARKEY FOUNDATION CEO BILL AUSTIN,
COMING TO INDIA
PLANS TO DONATE OVER 2000 HEARING AIDS,
TO NEEDY CHILDREN
INVITATION TO COVER: INTERVIEW/ PERSONALITY/ BUSINESS PROFILE
DATES OF BILL AUSTIN’S STAY IN DELHI: 22 -23 OCTOBER 2007
William (Bill) Austin, 65 - Founder and CEO Starkey
• His job is to make people listen. Bill Austin devotes most of his
time helping people, rich and poor, hear around the world
• He wanted to be a doctor and help people like his grandfather,
who died of kidney failure. But on way to the University of
Minnesota med school, found a different path.
• Working for his uncle’s hearing aid company, to earn his tuition
money; he stumbled on his life’s calling.
• Today, his clientele includes former US Presidents Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Emmy
Award-winning American actor and film director Paul Newman and 1995 Miss America
Heather Whitestone McCallum
• His slogan adopted by Starkey Hearing Foundation is “So The World May Hear”. “I’m
very blessed to do something I truly enjoy being a part of. I created a company whose
premise is to have fun”, he says
WHAT IS STARKEY?
• A $ 700 (?) Million Company
• World leader in design, development and distribution of hearing solutions.
• Leading hearing aide manufacturer with 35 facilities in more than 24 countries
• Promoting hearing care awareness through the support of hearing research,
education and charitable programs, since 1973.
• Donates thousands of hearing aids every year, to needy individuals & children.
• Donated more than 200,000 hearing aides to poor children since 2000.
• Supports and sponsors several industry-level public awareness campaigns.
BACKGROUND MATERIAL:
1. STARKEY FOUNDATION
2. STARKEY LABORATORY - COMPANY PROFILE
3. NEW YORK TIMES- 1
4. NEW YORK TIMES -2
5. USA TODAY -1
6. USA TODAY 2
7. NEW YORK TIMES -1
8. NEW YORK TIMES -2
9. STARKEY HEARING JOURNAL
10. NBC -BILL AUSTIN