Peter Karmanos, Jr.

Co-founder of Compuware, a worldwide leader in software technology, Karmanos launched the company in 1973 with two partners, Thomas Thewes and Allen Cutting. Born into a Greek immigrant family, he graduated from...

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Former CEO of IBM, Gerstner is largely credited with turning around IBM's fortunes. He was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002, when he retired...

Valerie Landau

Developer of a multi-touch interface for chorded text entry, Landau filed two patents with her colleague and mentor Douglas Engelbart. Their most recent patent (filed April 2010) describes a multitouch interface for...

Tsugio Makimoto

A leader in Japan's semiconductor industry, Makimoto is sometimes called "Mr. Semiconductor" in Japan. He participated in the controversy over the trade conflict in the semiconductor industry between Japan and the US...

Joseph (Joe) M. Tucci

CEO of EMC Corporation, Tucci is more popularly known as Joe Tucci. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of EMC, having taken on...

Jack D. Kuehler

Responsible for shifting IBM from its longstanding reliance on the mainframe computer, Kuehler served as President and later Vice Chairman of IBM, where he was the firm's highest ranking technologist. Born in...

Gary Morganthaler

Co-founder and former CEO and Chairman of Ingres Corporation, a leading relational database software company, Morganthaler has a national reputation as a successful executive in the software industry and has emphasized investments...

Peter Bird

Head of Lyons Computer Services, an early information service company in England, Bird rose to be a director of that organisation. He was born in 1934 in north London, the second son...

C. Michael Armstrong

Responsible for the development and manufacture of minicomputers, personal computers, and software at IBM, Armstrong is a business executive who also led Hughes Aircraft, AT&T, and Comcast as Chairman and CEO. Born in...

David M. Kelley

One of America's leading design innovators, Kelley is founder, Chairman, and managing partner of the design firm IDEO and a Professor at Stanford University. He has been recognized as one of America's...

Jeffrey Skoll

The first employee and first President of internet auction firm eBay, Skoll is a Canadian-born engineer and internet entrepreneur living in Los Angeles, California, with an estimated net worth of $US 3.2...

Robert B. Palmer

Member of the founding team at Mostek, where he pioneered the use of ion implantation technology for the manufacture of MOS circuits, Palmer is also known as the last Chairman and Chief...

Marissa Ann Mayer

CEO of Yahoo and early Google executive, Mayer served as Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google, acting as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when or...

Andrew Mason

Developer of Groupon, a website that sells deals to local businesses, Mason grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in 1999. He...

Eugene (Gene) L. Delves

Co-founder of the organization known today as Accenture, Delves was one of five men whose 1954 efforts marked the first successful installation and use of a computer in the industry. In 1954,...

Walter (Jerry) Jeremiah Sanders III

Co-founder and long-time CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Sanders helped establish one of America's most prominent semiconductor manufacturers.

John R. Opel

Responsible for obtaining a contract with Microsoft to create an operating system for IBM's first personal computer, Opel transformed the trajectory of the PC industry through a pivotal business relationship. A U.S. computer...

Robert (Bob) R. Maxfield

Co-founder of ROLM Corporation, Maxfield served as its Executive Vice-President and Director. ROLM (named after the initials of the last names of its founders) was co-founded with three other Rice graduates —...

Timothy (Tim) D. Cook

CEO of Apple, Cook has led the company since succeeding Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011. He joined Apple in March 1998 as SVP of Worldwide Operations and also served as EVP...

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,...