John Opel
John R. Opel (born January 5, 1925 in Kansas City , Missouri , † November 3, 2011 ) was an American manager in the PC industry.
John R. Opel was President of IBM from 1974 to 1983 and CEO from 1981 to 1985 . Through the United Way charity , he met Mary Maxwell Gates , Bill Gates' mother . This influenced IBM's decision to use MS-DOS as the operating system for the IBM PC .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ An appreciation obituary on ibm.com . (English) Retrieved November 5, 2011.
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| SURNAME | Opel, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Opel, John R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 2011 |