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Honored Persons Database

Displaying 41 – 60 of 130 Honorees (Category: Business Executive, with portraits)

  • Diane B. Greene

    Co-founder and former CEO of VMware, Greene led the company through an IPO and to a $2B run-rate. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Annapolis, Md. She received her...

  • John (Jack) Sebastian Frey

    Contributor to IBM's successful defense against antitrust actions in the United States and Europe, Frey built a distinguished 32-year legal career with the company. Born in Hornell, NY, he grew up in Corning,...

  • Martha Lane Fox

    Co-founder of Lastminute.com and the British Government's first Champion for Digital Inclusion, Lane Fox studied ancient and modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford, having previously attended Oxford High School and Westminster School....

  • Kun-Yao (K.Y.) Lee

    Founder of BenQ Corporation, the No. 2 manufacturer of flat-panel computer displays, Lee is also recognized for growing the company to 40 times its former size and building BenQ products into a...

  • Steve Anthony Ballmer

    CEO of Microsoft, Ballmer is one of the most prominent figures in the history of the technology industry. He grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 1973, he graduated from Detroit Country Day...

  • Oliver William Standingford

    Responsible for the implementation of LEO I, the first computer used for commercial business applications, Standingford was a senior manager at J. Lyons and Co. who oversaw its procurement alongside Raymond Thompson. Born...

  • John Koller

    Director of Hardware Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Koller has been responsible for the management and marketing of the PLAYSTATION 3, PSP (PlayStation Portable), PlayStation 2, PLAYSTATION Network marketing, and...

  • Edward M. Esber, Jr.

    Credited with the successful marketing of the first productivity software for personal computing, Esber paved the way for the widespread acceptance of personal computers in business. He served as CEO of Ashton-Tate...

  • Richard (Dick) John Egan

    Member of the team that developed the Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo spacecraft that carried astronauts to the moon, Egan was also a prominent American businessman, political fundraiser, and former US...

  • Chad Meredith Hurley

    Co-founder and former CEO of the popular video sharing website YouTube, Hurley is also known for co-founding MixBit. In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0's "50 People Who Matter...

  • David Filo

    Co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang, Filo is an American businessman. His Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side scripting software used to dynamically serve variable web pages,...

  • James (Jim) T. Healy

    A career leader in building success for U.S.-based and international companies in the semiconductor space, Healy has served as General Manager of Sony LSI Design Inc., a provider of turnkey services for...

  • L. William (Bill) Krause

    General Manager of the HP General Systems Division responsible for the HP 250 small business computers, Krause spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard Company from 1967 to 1981 in various marketing and general...

  • Cyril J. Yansouni

    Vice President and General Manager of the Personal Computer Group at Hewlett-Packard, Yansouni brings over 35 years of experience in the technology industry. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Mechanical...

  • Arthur Dehon Little

    Founder of the consulting company Arthur D. Little, which played key roles in the development of the word processor and much more, Little was an American chemist and chemical engineer born in...

  • Winifred (Mitchell) Baker

    Instrumental in the creation of the Mozilla Foundation, Baker has served as Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Chairperson and former Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the...

  • James (Jimmy) Treybig

    Founder of Tandem Computers, a pioneering Silicon Valley manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems, Treybig built a company that served the growing number of transaction processing customers who used them for ATMs, banks,...

  • Steve Lukasik

    Chief Scientist of the Federal Communications Commission, Lukasik advised the Commission on technical issues in communication regulation and the management of non-government use of the electromagnetic spectrum. He received a B.S. in Physics...

  • Dan Fylstra

    Founding Associate Editor of BYTE Magazine and co-developer and marketer of VisiCalc, the original spreadsheet program, Fylstra has been a pioneer of the computer industry since the 1970s. In 1978 he co-founded...

  • John W. Thompson

    Chairman of Microsoft, Thompson is also a former vice-president at IBM and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Symantec Corporation. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Symantec...