Qualcomm Executive Looking For Next Big Thing

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June 02, 2015

Chairman and CEO of Qualcomm, Paul Jacobs, speaks at the WIRED Business Conference: Think Bigger at Museum of Jewish Heritage on May 7, 2013 in New York City. (Brad Barket/Getty Images for WIRED)

Founded in 1985, the San Diego-based company Qualcomm has been at the forefront of the technology we carry in our pockets every day.

Its products are in cell phones, cars and medical devices, and the company's executive chairman Paul Jacobs tells Here & Now's Robin Young that the medical sector is an area in which he is personally invested in possible advances.

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Guest

Paul Jacobs, executive chairman of Qualcomm. He tweets @paulejacobs.

This segment aired on June 2, 2015.

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