William Norris (CEO)
American businessman
Died aged 95CancerUnited States
Biography
William Charles Norris (July 14, 1911, near Red Cloud, Nebraska – August 21, 2006) was an American business executive. He was the CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world. He is famous for taking on IBM in a head-on fight and winning, as well as being a social activist who used Control Data's expansion in the late 1960s to bring jobs and training to inner cities and disadvantaged communities.
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Awards & honours (3)
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition
- IEEE Founders Medal
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- William Norris (CEO) died on August 21, 2006 at the age of 95.
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- William Norris (CEO) was born on July 14, 1911.
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- William Norris (CEO) was born in Red Cloud.
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