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Be, Inc.

COMPANY

Founded 1990 by former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée. Its products were the BeBox, a computer released in 1995 using the AT&T Hobbit processor, and BeOS, an operating system for BeBox and the Power Mac. Be was acquired by Palm in 2001 for $11M.

Industry:
Software

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Menlo Park, CA

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jean-Louis Gassée
Business
1944   Founder of Be, Inc.

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Heidi Roizen
Business
1958   Mobius Venture Capital




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