Hal Prewitt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hal Prewitt
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Oct 1, 1954(1954-10-01)
Age	70
Birthplace	Hutchinson
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas
Horoscope	Libra

Hal Prewitt Biography

Hal Prewitt is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on October 1, 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. Prewitt was born at Hutchinson in Kansas. Prewitt’s dad joined the US Air Force at the age of 13 using his older brother ID. He then switched to US Navy at 17, serving in World War II, and Korea. After 18 years in the military (1945-1962), his father did odd jobs, and then he worked as a postal worker for the US Postal Service up to his death. Prewitt’s father, a Kentucky Colonel, was honored by the Governor. His mother, a registered nurse, resides in Daytona Beach.

Prewitt was a racing enthusiast when he was a teenager in Daytona Beach Florida. He also drove in SCCA events. After attending Skip Barber Racing School, Prewitt became a serious driver in 2004. Prewitt is now a professional driver in select North American and International Endurance race events. He supports his sponsors and EveryLapCounts.com which raises funds for charitable causes. He prefers Endurance racing to Sprint racing.

In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the early creators of personal computer products, developing popular software and hardware while helping build a new industry. He provided consulting services to IBM and is credited with inventing hard disk drives and world’s first local area network (LAN) for their first portable computer, the IBM 5100, and their first desktop computer the IBM 5120.

After graduating high school, Prewitt continued building boats, managing his business and began to focus on computer programming. Between 1972 and 1975 he learned various programming languages using an IBM 1130. In the early 1970s, Prewitt dreamed of designing, building and selling a generation of small business computers with a price tag much less than the going rate of $50,000. Convinced that there was a market, Prewitt unsuccessfully sought venture capital to get his plans off the ground. In 1975, he built an Altair 8800. That same year, at the age of 21, Prewitt obtained his first business applications customer when he sold, designed and wrote computer programs for the IBM 5100 and System/32 as part of the business he had started at age 16. He joined the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and participated in autocross events.

Prewitt was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and lived there between 1963 and 1976. He was there that he got his first experience with auto racing, volunteering at Daytona International Speedway. At 13 years old, he built his first computer. He was 13 when he built his first computer. It did simple math (which he didn’t like so much in school) and also operated his phonograph.

Hal Prewitt Net Worth

Hal Prewitt is one of the richest Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hal Prewitt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Harold D. Prewitt, Jr. (Hal), was born October 1, 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He is an artist, photographer, driver of race cars, businessperson, inventor and pioneer in personal computers. He lives in South Beach (Miami Beach), Florida and Park City, Utah.

Prewitt attended All Souls Catholic School (1960-63) Sanford, Florida from 3rd through 4th grade. His father was a military veteran. From 3rd through 5th grades, he attended Port Orange Elementary School (1963-65), before his family moved to Allandale. His family moved to Ormond, Florida in 1966. He attended Osceola Elementary (1965-66) and Seabreeze Jr. High (1966-1969), before graduating from Seabreeze High School (1969-72). He attended Burnside-Ott Aviation, Miami, Florida at 16 where he soloed. Prewitt studied computer science and business at Daytona Beach Community College (1972-1976), but he did not earn a degree. He then transferred to Florida Atlantic University (1976-1978), Boca Raton Florida, where he continued in computer science and business. Prewitt left college to pursue his business.

Prewitt operated Ranger Systems from 1970 to 1975 until his focus switched to computer programming and the personal computer industry.

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The company expanded internationally to include offices in Europe and Asia. In 1986, Inc Magazine selected Core as 21st in their annual list (Inc. 500) of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.. By 1990, Core was well known as an industry leading developer of disk array, computer data storage and backup products. COREtest became the industry standard and most often quoted benchmark used to test, evaluate and compare performance of hard disk drives.

Facts & Trivia

Hal Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Hal Prewitt celebrates birthday on October 1 of every year.

In 1988, he won the Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC). This annual award recognizes the overall champion of six tournaments located in the Bahamas held on Bimini, Cat Cay, Walker’s Cay, Berry Islands and the Abacos.