British engineer and entrepreneur (Rotork, valve actuators) who was James Dyson's first employer and mentor — widely credited as the formative influence on Dyson's approach to engineering-driven entrepreneurship.
The mentor role in Dyson's origin story: Fry hired a young Dyson (who had no engineering degree, having studied furniture design) on the basis of obvious ability, gave him substantial responsibility immediately, and modeled the engineer-entrepreneur who builds manufacturing businesses around elegant solutions to technical problems. The Rotork actuator business Fry built was itself a case study in engineer-founded industrial enterprise. Dyson has cited Fry as the central influence on his career.
Discussing
Ask anything about Jeremy Fry — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.