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Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas Jr. inherited was largely a mix of loosely organized divisions that competed with one another for resources. After an intensive restructuring, which improved efficiency while...
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Joseph A. Boyd
An academic engineer by training, Boyd was instrumental in leading Harris Corporation’s renewed focus on research and development. Under his tenure, Harris introduced a variety of new products including super-minicomputers, integrated work-group systems, and networked...
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W. Jeremiah Sanders III
Sanders founded AMD about the same time that Intel was launched and the two firms have battled to secure the market for microprocessor chips. Though AMD’s sales have lagged Intel’s performance, the company has done much to reduce the price of processor chips and to...
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Michael C. Ruettgers
Ruettgers was responsible for EMC’s focus on storage systems vs. memory boards – a move that enabled EMC to corner the storage network market and become one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. Ruettgers initiated a total quality management approach...
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Robert N. Noyce
With his long time business partner Gordon Moore, Noyce was a charismatic leader of Fairchild Semiconductor, and later the first CEO of Intel. At Fairchild, Noyce guided the company through many growing pains and technological changes, helping it to become a $150...
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Gordon E. Moore
Moore, with a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics, led Intel through the development of microprocessors. Under his leadership, Intel introduced its most successful inventions, the 32 and 64-bit chips, which could handle processing tasks in a multitude of appliances. This...
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Scott G. McNealy
McLeod presided over a period of infrastructure investment and development for Moore. During his tenure, Moore became one of the premier providers of business forms and printing services in the United States and Canada. When he stepped down as CEO, Moore’s assets,...
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Carol Bartz
Bartz was Chairman, CEO and President of Autodesk, one of the world’s largest suppliers of computer-aided design (CAD) automation software. Bartz raised manufacturing standards at Autodesk, built a strong sales force, and invested heavily in research to dramatically...
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David Duffield
After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative software for managing human resource functions became a phenomenal...
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Michael Dell
In 1992, Dell, at 27 years of age, became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Dell revolutionized the retail computer industry by instituting a direct sales approach, where the customer places their customized order via phone or the internet directly with Dell...
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Benjamin Abrams
Along with his brother, Abrams developed the first radio-phonograph combination, which was introduced in 1924. Emerson went on to launch a number of additional “firsts” including a clock radio, a self-powered portable radio, and a midget transistor radio. By 1965, the...
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Frank T. Cary
Following the legacies of Watson Sr. and Watson Jr., who ran IBM for almost 60 years, was no easy feat, but Cary more than proved his mettle. Under his direction, IBM expanded into new markets outside its traditional mainframe business into personal computers, graphic...
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An Wang
After receiving his Ph.D., Wang began work on a complex memory storage problem, which lead to the development of the first magnetic core memory. Building on this success, Wang went on to set up his own company focused on making business tasks easier. With the success...
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Alexander M. Poniatoff
Poniatoff, founder of Ampex, created many of the major innovations in commercial recording technology and produced the first US built magnetic audio tape recorder in 1948 revolutionizing the radio industry. After creating the standard for audio recording, Ampex...
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John H. Patterson
After somewhat hastily purchasing a small cash register company, Patterson devoted the rest of his life to promoting and improving upon the cash register technology, revolutionizing commercial business transactions and making NCR into the United States’ largest...
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Kenneth H. Olsen
Olsen's DEC pioneered the minicomputer market in the 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the microcomputer market in the 1980s, garnering profits of over $1 billion by 1987. Olsen shepherded his company through many tough times, including DEC's un-preparedness for the...
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John E. Jonsson
Jonsson built Texas Instruments as a leader in transistor technology. He acquired a license for using the Bell silicon transistor patent, employed qualified personnel and started extensive research in this field, which resulted in many major innovations and a...
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Andrew S. Grove
While CEO of Intel, Grove delivered a ten-year annual return of 44%. Under Grove, Intel became more valuable than IBM with a worth of $115 billion and annual profits of $5.1 billion. Grove’s Intel controlled 90% of the world market for PC microprocessors. In...
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Stanley C. Allyn
As leader of National Cash Register, Allyn was an ardent supporter of first-class working conditions for employees and a strong believer in corporate citizenship for his company. By 1947, Allyn had tripled National Cash Register’s sales volume with total sales of $98...
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A Leveraged Investment
expanded his business almost tenfold since attending the program. Hesham was so enthusiastic about OPM that he convinced his wife, Adlina, that she should attend. Adlina was at a key juncture with her business—a consumer electronics...
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