COMPANY

Linux and open source software company, formed 1993 by Marc Ewing.

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

Industry:
Software

Ticker:
NASDAQ:RHAT

Corporate headquarters:
Raleigh, NC

Sales:
$196M (2005)

Employees:
1150

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Matthew J. Szulik	Business	1956		CEO of Red Hat, 1999-2007
James M. Whitehurst	Business	c. 1967		CEO of Red Hat

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
W. Steve Albrecht	Educator	c. 1949		Accounting Professor at BYU
Marye Anne Fox	Educator	9-Dec-1947		Chancellor, UC San Diego
Narendra K. Gupta	Business	c. 1949		Co-Founder, Integrated Systems Inc.
William S. Kaiser	Business	c. 1955		Greylock Partners
Hugh Shelton	Military	2-Jan-1942		Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997-2001
Matthew J. Szulik	Business	1956		CEO of Red Hat, 1999-2007
James M. Whitehurst	Business	c. 1967		CEO of Red Hat

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Kozel	Business	14-Jun-1955		Former Cisco executive

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alan Cox	Computer Programmer	22-Jul-1968		Linux kernel developer

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