# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:51:40.478Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-olsen"
name: "Ken Olsen"
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description: "Kenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen."
tagline: "American engineer and businessman (1926–2011)"
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country:
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birthDate: "1926-02-20"
deathDate: "2011-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump