2 Quotes & Sayings By Jeanpierre Weill
Jean-Pierre Weill is a French-American businessman who co-founded the firm, Silicon Graphics Inc., one of the first companies to deliver parallel computer processing in a scalable manner. He was also the founder of MetaMed. After serving in the French Army in WWII, Weill attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for his graduate studies in mathematics and physics. At MIT, Weill began his friendship with Chuck Geschke, with whom he co-founded Silicon Graphics (SGI) during the early 1970s
The company pioneered high performance computing with its SGI IRIX operating system and spurred the growth of its computer industry supplier base. Weill served as Chairman and CEO of SGI between 1985 and 1997 when he retired from leadership positions with the company. He also served on the board of directors of numerous technology companies including 3Com Corporation, Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett Packard, and Seagate Technology.
As a philanthropist, he has established several foundations that support science education at MIT, Stanford University, and Harvard University.