Jawbone (company)

Jawbone is an American privately held consumer technology and wearable products company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops and sells wearable technology such as the Jawbone UP2, UP3 and UP4 wristbands and portable audio devices, including the Jambox and Big Jambox wireless speakers, the Jawbone Era and Icon Bluetooth headsets, and NoiseAssassin technology.[1] Jawbone argues that wearable products could be at the heart of the connected home, enabling the so-called ‘Internet of Things,'[2] or as defined by Jawbone CEO and co-founder Hosain Rahman, ‘the Internet of me.'[3][4] In 2010, the company was awarded Design of the Decade from the IDSA. Jawbone owns over 230 patents related to UP and its wearable technology manufacturing processes.

Hosain Rahman

Person Details

Hosain Rahman is the CEO and founder of Jawbone®, a world-leader in consumer technology and wearable products. Hosain has led the company to build innovative and elegantly designed products for the way we live today.

From the launch of its first headset in 2004, the company has continuously evolved, delivering new products such as the popular UP® and UP24™ lifestyle trackers and ERA™ headsets. Jawbone is also widely recognized for disrupting the wireless speaker market with its best-selling JAMBOX® family of speakers.

Combining hardware and software expertise with industry leading data insight, Jawbone has become one of the largest venture capital-backed consumer electronics companies in the world. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Jawbone products are now available in over 40 countries around the world.

Hosain has been honored in: Fast Company’s Most Creative People, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment, and Fortune’s 40 Under 40.  A highly regarded speaker at conferences and events around the world, he has keynoted for TED, DLD, SXSW and the D: Mobile Conference.