How Old Is Charles K. Kao? Charles K. Kao Birthday
Charles K. Kao was born on November 4, 1933 and is 90 years old now.
Birthday: November 4, 1933
How Old - Age: 90
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Charles K. Kao - Biography
Charles Kuen Kao, (born 4 November 1933) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong, American and British electrical engineer and physicist who pioneered in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Kao, known as the "Godfather of Broadband", "Father of Fiber Optics" or "Father of Fiber Optic Communications", was jointly awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication". Kao holds multiple citizenship of Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.
