Jean-Louis Gassée [SEP] place of birth
Jean-Louis Gassée
Jean-Louis Gassée (born March 1944 in Paris, France) is a business executive. He is best known as a former executive at Apple Computer, where he worked from 1981 to 1990. He also founded Be Inc., creators of the BeOS computer operating system. After leaving Be, he became Chairman of PalmSource, Inc. in November 2004.
Career.
Career 1980s: Apple Computer.
Gassée worked for six years at Hewlett-Packard from 1968 to 1974, where he was responsible
the intersection of media and technology.
In 2010, Gassée says he was asked by Nokia to consult on the future of the company. He suggested Nokia fire CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and drop its Symbian operating system in favour of Google's Android.
In February of 2019, Gassée a member of Medium.
External links.
- Monday Note postings
- Jean-Louis Gassée's blog
- Jean-Louis Gassée General Partner of Allegis Capital
- "How Jean Louis Gassée Changed the Mac's