AKA Theodore W. Waitt

Born: 18-Jan-1963
Birthplace: Sioux City, IA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Founder of Gateway

Net worth peaked with the dot-com bubble at $8.4B (Forbes 2000), now having declined to almost a billion dollars.

Father: Norman Waitt Sr.
Mother: Joan
Brother: Norman Waitt, Jr. ("Norm", multimillionaire film producer)
Wife: (div., four children)

    University: Marketing, University of Iowa (1982-84, dropped out)

    Avalon Capital Group
    Gateway Co-Founder
    Gateway CEO (2001-04)
    Gateway CEO (1985-99)
    Gateway President (1985-96)
    Century Systems (1984-85)
    Member of the Board of Gateway (as Chairman, 1985-2005)
    National Geographic Society Trustee
    Salk Institute for Biological Studies CEO (1993-99)
    Salk Institute for Biological Studies Trustee
    Waitt Family Foundation (1993)
    Waitt Institute for Discovery
    Risk Factors: Smoking

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