BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 14, 2000 ISSUE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Peter Matthew Neupert BORN Mar. 6, 1956 in Portland, Ore. EDUCATION Colorado College, BA Philosophy, 1978; Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, MBA, 1980. JOB President and CEO, drugstore.com. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Built inventory control database for family plumbing supply business in 1981. Joined Microsoft in 1987, heading up the OS/2 development team. Three years later he took over Microsoft's operations in the Far East, including establishing the first Asian R&D laboratory. Negotiated Microsoft's deal with NBC, creating MSNBC. In 1998, he took drugstore.com from concept to launch in seven months. FAMILY Youngest of six children. Divorced once. Met his current wife, Sheryl, a former Microsoft chief recruiter, in 1987. She refused to date anyone at work, but Neupert coaxed her into making an exception, and six months later they were married. ''We're very good complements,'' she says. ''He likes to think. I like to make things happen.'' Father of three daughters and a son. FAVORITE PHILOSOPHERS Plato, Martin Heidegger, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOST INFLUENCED HIM His late father, Karl Neupert, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer. FAVORITE SAYINGS ''Time is the enemy'' and ''Do it, try it, fix it'' (admittedly stolen from Microsoft CEO Ballmer). NICKNAME Captain NeupKirk, given to him by Star Trek fans on the OS/2 development team and resurrected when his MSNBC office featured a command chair surrounded by TV consoles. FAVORITE COLOR Once purple was selected as the corporate color, his wardrobe filled with purple shirts, purple ties, and purple socks. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS The Neupert Treatment at drugstore.com RESUME: Peter Matthew Neupert INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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