Steven Sasson

Steve Sasson
Steve Sasson at Photokina 2013
Born
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(BS, 1972; MS, 1973)
Occupation(s)Electrical engineer
Inventor
Known forInventor of the first self-contained digital camera

Steve J. Sasson is an American electrical engineer and the inventor of the self-contained (portable) digital camera. He joined Kodak shortly after his graduation from engineering school and retired from Kodak in 2001.