William Norris
CEO of Control Data Corporation (1911-2006) · United States · On the map · Founders · Died at 95
William Charles Norris was an American business executive. He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world.
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He is famous for taking on IBM in a head-on fight and winning, as well as being a social activist who used Control Data's expansion in the late 1960s to bring jobs and training to inner cities and disadvantaged communities.
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United States
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 2006 · aged 95
