Lynda Weinman | |
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 Weinman in 2015 | |
| Born | Lynda Susan Weinman January 24, 1955 (age 69) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | co-founder Lynda.com, Author/Writer, Speaker |
| Spouse | Bruce Heavin |
| Website | www |
Lynda Susan Weinman (born January 24, 1955) is an American business owner, computer instructor, and author, who founded an online software training website, lynda.com, with her husband, Bruce Heavin.[1] Lynda.com was acquired by online business network LinkedIn in April 2015 for $1.5 billion (~$1.89 billion in 2023).
Weinman, with self-taught computer skills, worked in the film industry as a special effects animator, and became a faculty member at ArtCenter College of Design, UCLA, American Film Institute, and San Francisco State University multimedia studies program teaching computer graphics, animation, interactive design, and motion graphics. She has also written several books.
- ^ [1] Archived December 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine