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Phil Katz

@philkatz

American software developer, developer of the ZIP file format (1962-2000)

Building PKWARE as Founder · United States

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Lived
1962–2000
Educated at
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee · Nicolet High School

About

Phil Katz (1962–2000) was a programmer and computer scientist. They were born in Milwaukee. They studied at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

In context

PKWARE was founded in 1986 and has no closure on record. Among the 50 other software industry companies founded in the 1980s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 13 years.

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Phil's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

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