Who's Who in IT: Question #1

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Who's Who in IT: Question #1

Who's Who in IT: Question #1

 
Use the clues below to help you identify an important person in IT.

- In 1938, I got together with a friend from college and opened a small manufacturing plant.

- Our first product was commissioned by Walt Disney Studios to help finish the movie Fantasia.

- By 1948, our company had grown from a two-man garage operation to a $1.5 million corporation with more than 1,000 employees.

- In 1969, I left the company to become the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense in the first Nixon administration.

Who am I? _________________________________


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Answer: David Packard of Hewlett-Packard.
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Last updated on: May 07, 2008

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