Jean Hoerni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Hoerni

American businessman

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1997

Profession: businessperson, engineer, physicist, mountaineer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jean Amédée Hoerni (September 26, 1924 – January 12, 1997) was a Swiss-American engineer.
He was a silicon transistor pioneer, and a member of the "traitorous eight".
He developed the planar process, an important technology for reliably fabricating and manufacturing semiconductor devices, such as transistors and integrated circuits.