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Serial Entrepreneurs: Once Is Never Enough
For some entrepreneurs, starting new ventures seems to be addictive. Even in
his 70s, Gene Amdahl hasn't kicked the habit. Other senior repeaters include
Don Green and Seymour Rubenstein. Once, entrepreneurs who founded two startups
were rare. But here are more than 20 Bay Area inveterates with three or more
startups under their belts, and no doubt more to come. Note: This is a longer,
online-only version of the table that appears in the Aug. 18-25 issue of
Business Week.
ENTREPRENEUR, AGE COMPANIES FOUNDED (STARTUP DATE)
Carlton G. Amdahl, 45 Magnuson Computer Systems Inc. (1977), Trilogy
Ltd. (1980), NetFrame Systems Inc. (1987)
Gene M. Amdahl, 77 Amdahl Corp. (1970), Trilogy Ltd. (1980),
Commercial Data Servers Inc. (1994)
Efraim "Efi" Arazi, 60 Scitex Corp. (1979), Electronics For Imaging
Inc. (1980), Imedia Corp. (1994)
Laurence B. Boucher, 53 Adaptec Inc. (1981), Auspex Systems Inc. (1987),
Alacritech (1997)
Nolan K. Bushnell, 54 20-odd companies, from Atari (1970), Chuck E.
Cheese's Pizza Time Theater (1977), and Androbot
(1982) to OCTuS (1991), E2000 (1995), and PlayNet
(1996)
Gordon A. Campbell, 53 Seeq Technology Inc. (1981), Chips & Technologies
Inc. (1984), 3Dfx Interactive Inc. (1994)
William N. Carrico, 47 Bridge Communications Inc. (1981), Network
Computing Devices Inc. (1988), Precept Software
Inc. (1995)
Pehong Chen, 40 Gain Technology Inc. (1989), Siebel Systems Inc.
(1993), BroadVision Inc. (1993)
James H. Clark, 53 Silicon Graphics Inc. (1982), Netscape
Communications Corp. (1994), Healtheon Corp. (1996)
Finis F. Conner, 53 Shugart Associates Inc. (1973), Seagate Technology
Inc. (1979), Conner Peripherals Inc. (1986)
Kamran Elahian, 43 CAE Systems Inc. (1981), Cirrus Logic Inc. (1984),
Momenta Corp. (1989), NeoMagic Corp. (1993),
PlanetWeb Inc. (1996), Centillium Technology (1997)
Judith L. Estrin, 41 Bridge Communications Inc. (1981), Network
Computing Devices Inc. (1988), Precept Software
Inc. (1995)
Federico Faggin, 55 Zilog Inc. (1974), Cygnet Technologies (1982),
Synaptics Inc. (1986)
John F. Gifford, 56 Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (1969), Software
Business Technologies Inc. (1980), Maxim Integrated
Products Inc. (1983)
Donald Green, 66 Digital Telephone Systems (1969), Optilink Corp.
(1986), Advanced Fibre Communications Corp. (1992)
Steven P. Jobs, 41 Apple Computer Inc. (1976), NeXT Computer Inc.
(1985), Pixar Inc. (1986)
Joseph S. Kennedy, 51 Ungermann-Bass Inc. (1979), Phoenix Technology
Inc. (1985), Rapid City Communications (1996)
Steven T. Kirsch, 40 Mouse Systems Corp. (1982), Frame Technology
Corp. (1986), InfoSeek Corp. (1994)
L. William Krause, 54 3Com Corp. (1979), PenSoft Corp. (1990), Storm
Technology Inc. (1990)
Joseph M. Mandato, 52 Origin MedSystems Inc. (1991), GyneCare Inc.
(1994), Delos Womenshealth (1995), Araxsys
Inc. (1996)
A.C. "Mike" Markkula, 55 Apple Computer Inc. (1976), ACM Aviation Inc.
(1980), Echelon Corp. (1988)
Donald K. McKinney, 49 Silicon Graphics Inc. (1982), Electronics For Imaging
Inc. (1989), International Network Services (1991)
D.T. "Tom" Mitchell, 55 Seagate Technology Inc. (1979), Conner Peripherals
Inc. (1986), JTS Corp. (1994)
Seymour I. Rubinstein, 63 MicroPro International Inc. (1978), Surpass
Software Systems Inc. (1987), Prompt Software
Inc. (1995)
Roger J. Sippl, 42 Informix Software Inc. (1980), Vantive Corp.
(1990), Visigenic Software Inc. (1993)
Ralph Ungermann, 55 Zilog Inc. (1974), Ungermann-Bass Inc. (1979),
First Virtual Corp. (1993)
L. Curtis Widdoes Jr., 45 Valid Logic Systems Inc. (1981), Logic Modeling
Systems Inc. (1987), 0-In Design Automation
Inc. (1996)
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