Ken Olsen
@kenolsen
American engineer and businessman (1926–2011)
Building Digital Equipment Corporation as Founder · United States
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1926–2011
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Stratford High School
About
Ken Olsen (1926–2011) was an inventor and entrepreneur. They were born in Bridgeport. They studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In context
Digital Equipment Corporation was founded in 1957 and closed in 1998, after 41 years. Among the 9 other computer industry companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 25 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Named alongside
At WorkForce Software Holdings, LLC
- Alan WinegarExecutive Officer
- Andrew LloydExecutive Officer
- Balaji YelamanchiliDirector
- Betsy AtkinsDirector
- Bill ShaheenDirector
- Bob FellerTreasurer and Chief Financial Officer
- Brandon Van BurenDirector
- Christopher HerterExecutive Officer
- Betsy AtkinsDirector
- Bob FellerExecutive Officer
- Christopher HerterExecutive Officer
- Ken OlsonExecutive Officer
- Kevin ChoksiExecutive Officer, Director
- Leslie TarnackiExecutive Officer
- Marc MoschettoExecutive Officer
- Mark KurowskiExecutive Officer
Contribution
Ken's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.
Companies
- Digital Equipment CorporationAmerican manufacturer of minicomputersFounder · computer industry · Maynard, United States · Founded 1957
- WorkForce Software, LLCExecutive Officer · Other · LIVONIA, United States · Founded 2011
- WorkForce Software Holdings, LLCExecutive Officer · Other · LIVONIA, United States · Founded 2016