Bertrand Serlet
- January 8, 2024
- Engineer
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Bertrand Serlet Biography
| Name | Bertrand Serlet |
| Birthday | Dec 19 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | France |
| Home Town | France |
| Birth Country | France |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Bertrand Serlet is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on December 19, 1960 in France, France, France. Bertrand Serlet (French: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ sɛʁlɛ] ; born 1960), is a French software engineer; he worked first at the Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (INRIA) before leaving France for the United States in 1985. He was the Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Inc.
In July 2012 he joined the board of directors of Parallels, Inc.
According to Business Insider, he has founded a startup in cloud computing called Upthere along with other former Apple employees. In November, 2012, Upthere raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Elevation Partners, and Google Ventures. Upthere was acquired by Western Digital on August 28, 2017.
On March 23, 2011, Apple announced that Serlet was leaving the company “to focus less on products and more on science.”
Bertrand Serlet Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Engineer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Bertrand Serlet is one of the richest Engineer from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bertrand Serlet 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was the former Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple Inc., where he worked from 1997 to 2011. He succeeded Avie Tevanian in the position in July 2003. In this position he was primarily responsible for the release of Mac OS X (including 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard). He led development of the Workspace manager in NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP.
Serlet spoke at WWDC 2006 on the perceived similarities between Mac OS X Tiger and Windows Vista, including comparing Apple’s Aqua interface and Microsoft’s Aero interface. He poked fun at the apparent visual similarities and referenced a 2004 WWDC banner that read, “Redmond, start your photocopiers” — a reference to Microsoft headquarters, which is located in Redmond, Washington. He also spoke at WWDC 2009 and gave an in-depth demonstration of Snow Leopard, which included further references to Microsoft’s Windows operating system — claiming that Windows 7 is just another version of their widely criticized Vista release, citing the ongoing use of the Windows Registry, DLLs, the User Account Control (UAC) subsystem and existence of an interactive disk defragmenter.
In 2015, he co-founded data center technology company Fungible with former Juniper Networks’ CEO Pradeep Sindhu.
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Bertrand Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Bertrand Serlet celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.
Top Facts about Bertrand Serlet
- Bertrand Serlet is a French software engineer and businessman.
- He was born on February 12, 1961 in France.
- Serlet worked at Apple for over a decade as Senior Vice President of Software Engineering.
- He played a key role in the development of Mac OS X operating system.
- In 2011, he left Apple to start his own cloud computing company Upthere Inc.
- Serlet holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Orsay, France.
- He has also worked at Xerox PARC and NeXT Inc.
- Serlet is known for his expertise in object-oriented programming and software design.
- He has been awarded several patents related to computer technology.
- As of 2021, Bertrand Serlet’s net worth is estimated to be $100 million USD
What happened Bertrand Serlet?
On March 23, 2011, Apple announced that Serlet was leaving the company with the intention “to focus less on products and more on science”. He was succeeded by Craig Federighi.
Why did bertrand Serlet leave Apple?
“I’ve worked with Steve for 22 years and have had an incredible time developing products at both NeXT and Apple, but at this point, I want to focus less on products and more on science ”, said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering.