Austin McChord

Austin McChord
McChord in 2018
Born (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985 (age 39)
Connecticut, U.S.
EducationNewtown High School
Alma materRochester Institute of Technology (BS)
Occupation(s)Business executive, software engineer
Years active2007–present
EmployerDatto (founder)
Board member ofRIT Board of Trustees[1]
WebsiteProfile on Datto

Austin McChord (born October 8, 1985)[2] is an American businessman and computer engineer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Datto, a data backup company he founded in 2007.[3][4][5][6] By 2015[7] Datto had a "purported valuation of $1 billion,"[8] making it the only "unicorn" company in the state of Connecticut.[9] In December 2017[10] Datto was sold to Vista Equity Partners for around $1.5 billion[9] and merged with Autotask,[11] with McChord appointed CEO of the combined company.[9] Named to Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list of leaders in enterprise technology in 2015,[3][12][13] he is a periodic author for publications such as Entrepreneur,[14] Business Insider,[15] and TechCrunch.[16]

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  5. ^ "Newtown grad gives $50,000 to Tech Club", The News-Times, January 17, 2013, retrieved March 14, 2018
  6. ^ "How Datto's Austin McChord Brings IT Systems Back From the Brink of Destruction", Entrepreneur, September 2015, retrieved March 14, 2018
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  15. ^ Austin McChord (October 27, 2017), A startup founder who let his employees drive his Tesla just sold his billion dollar company — and he credits these 5 'mistakes', Business Insider, retrieved March 26, 2018
  16. ^ Austin McChord (May 13, 2015), Austin McChord, TechCrunch, archived from the original on June 29, 2016, retrieved March 26, 2018