Joel Kocher

Joel Kocher is an American businessman.

He was an employee of Dell for seven years, and eventually rose to the position of Dell's #2 executive behind Michael Dell, holding the position of President of Worldwide Marketing, Sales and Service. He left in late 1994 and went on to accept the Chief Operating Officer position at Artisoft. He was promoted to President in 1995.

In 1996, he left to become the President of Power Computing, which built Apple Computer Mac compatibles. Despite its success, it was shut down after Steve Jobs at Apple decided to pull their clone license. Kocher left the company after the Board refused to sue Apple.

Kocher later joined public company MicronPC as President in January 1998. He was promoted to Chairman and CEO in June of 1998. A few years later, he declared "The PC is Dead" as a standalone device, and lauded the future of internet computing. The company sold off the unprofitable PC business to Gores Technology Group and subsequently merged with Interland (now Web.com). Interland quickly became the largest hosting firm in the USA, but struggled to sustain growth once the acquisitions ceased. He stepped down as CEO in 2005 and remained on the board until 2006.

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• Interland
• Dell