John W. Thompson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_W._Thompson
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Black_Engineer_of_the_Year_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1949-04-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Fort_Dix,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Microsoft
gptkb:Illumina
gptkb:Seagate_Technology
gptkb:United_Parcel_Service_(UPS)
gptkbp:degree gptkb:Bachelor_of_Business_Administration
Master of Management Science
gptkbp:education gptkb:MIT_Sloan_School_of_Management
gptkb:Florida_A&M_University
gptkbp:employer gptkb:IBM
gptkb:Microsoft
gptkb:Symantec
gptkb:Virtual_Instruments
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John W. Thompson
gptkbp:knownFor former CEO of Symantec
former Chairman of Microsoft
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableAchievement led Symantec's transformation into a security software company
one of the first African-American CEOs of a major tech company
oversaw Satya Nadella's appointment as Microsoft CEO
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:business_executive
gptkbp:positionHeld CEO of Symantec
CEO of Virtual Instruments
Chairman of Microsoft
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sandra_Thompson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3