Ray Ozzie
- January 5, 2024
- Entrepreneur
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Ray Ozzie |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 20, 1955(1955-11-20) |
| Age | 69 |
| Birthplace | Chicago |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Illinois |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Ray Ozzie Biography
| Name | Ray Ozzie |
| Birthday | Nov 20 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Chicago |
| Home Town | Illinois |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Spouse | Dawna Bousquet |
| Children(s) | Jill Ozzie, Neil Ozzie |
Ray Ozzie is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 20, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Visionary software engineer who developed Lotus Notes, the first desktop publishing platform.
In June 2006, he took over as Chief Software Officer for Microsoft He took over for Bill Gates as Microsoft’s Chief Software Officer in June 2006..
He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, later moving to Park Ridge, Illinois and graduating from Maine South High School in 1973 where, in 1969, he learned to program on a GE-400 mainframe and an Olivetti-Underwood Programma 101.
He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science in 1979 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he worked on the PLATO system, and began his working career at Data General Corporation where he worked for Jonathan Sachs. After leaving Data General, Ozzie worked at Software Arts for Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston, the creators of VisiCalc, on that product and TK Solver. Shortly thereafter, he was recruited by Sachs and Mitch Kapor to work for Lotus Development to develop what became Lotus Symphony. Ozzie left Lotus Development in 1984 and founded Iris Associates to create the product later sold by Lotus as Lotus Notes, based in part on his experiences using the PLATO Notes group messaging system. Iris Associates was acquired by Lotus in 1994, and Lotus itself was acquired by IBM in 1995.
He married Dawna Bousquet, with whom he had two children: Neil and Jill.
Ray Ozzie Net Worth
| Net Worth | $650 Million |
| Source Of Income | Entrepreneur |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ray Ozzie is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ray Ozzie 's net worth $650 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He studied computer science at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, where he was a key contributor to the important PLATO program.
In June 2006, he joined Microsoft as Chief Technical Officer.
Raymond “Ray” Ozzie (born November 20, 1955) is an American software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of Chief Technical Officer and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft between 2005 and 2010. Before Microsoft, he was best known for his role in creating IBM Notes (formerly Lotus Notes).
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Who is Ray Ozzie Dating?
According to our records, Ray Ozzie married to Dawna Bousquet. As of December 1, 2023, Ray Ozzie’s is not dating anyone.
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In January 2012 Ozzie started Talko Inc, a company that delivered mobile apps and services for business team communications primarily focused on those roles in which voice is essential. Talko was launched in September 2014. Ozzie has said that the name “Talko” was meant as an homage to Talkomatic, a popular group chat program he experienced while working on the PLATO System in the 1970s. Ray sold the company to Microsoft in December 2015 with the intent to bring Talko’s novel voice and productivity features to Microsoft’s Skype.
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Ray Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ray Ozzie celebrates birthday on November 20 of every year.