Philippe Kahn
Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952 in Paris ) is a French-American entrepreneur and founder of Borland .
Life
Kahn studied at the ETH Zurich and the University of Nice and completed his studies with a master's degree in mathematics. During his studies he also came into contact with the Micral , one of the first personal computers .
In 1982 he went to the USA and founded the Borland company , which he was managing director until 1994. In 1994 he and his wife Sonia Lee founded Starfish, which was taken over by Motorola in 1998 . Then he founded the company LightSurf, which he managed until 2004, one year after leaving LightSurf, this company was taken over by VeriSign . In 2004 he founded the company Fullpower, which operates in the multimedia messaging service market.
He and his wife have a daughter. Kahn has three more children from a previous relationship. He is fluent in English, French, Spanish and German.
music
Kahn trained in classical music with a focus on the flute in Zurich . In the USA he has recorded CDs with well-known jazz musicians such as John Abercrombie and Dave Liebman . He has appeared as a band leader on two CD productions - Walkin 'On The Moon (1991) and Paradiso (1992).
Web links
- lee-kahn.org
- The inventor of the camera phone at Spiegel Online (accessed March 20, 2010)
Individual evidence
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↑ ilw.com
Klaus Madzia: Hold on, Philippe! In: Der Spiegel . No. 33 , 1994 ( online ). biink.com ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kahn, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entrepreneur and founder of Borland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |