COMPANY

Business, groupware and communications software, founded 1982 by Mitch Kapor and Jonathan Sachs. Acquired by IBM in 1995 for $3.5B.

Official Website:
http://www.lotus.com/

Industry:
Software

Ticker:
(subsidiary)

Corporate headquarters:
Cambridge, MA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mitch Kapor	Business	1-Nov-1950		Founder of Lotus, Co-founder EFF
Jim P. Manzi	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Lotus Development, 1986-95
Lee T. Todd, Jr.	Educator	6-May-1946		President, University of Kentucky

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard S. Braddock	Business	c. 1943		President of Citicorp, 1990-92

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim P. Manzi	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Lotus Development, 1986-95

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bob Frankston	Computer Programmer	14-Jun-1949		Programmer of Visicalc
Ray Ozzie	Computer Programmer	20-Nov-1955		Microsoft Chief Software Architect

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