Dan Kohn | |
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 Kohn in 2016 | |
| Born | November 20, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 2020 (aged 47) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Phillips Exeter Academy |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College (B.S.) |
| Known for | First secure commercial transaction on the web |
| Spouse | Julie Pullen |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Dan Kohn (November 20, 1972 – November 1, 2020) was an American serial entrepreneur and nonprofit executive who led the Linux Foundation's Public Health initiative.[1] He was the executive director at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which sustains and integrates open source cloud software including Kubernetes and Fluentd, through 2020.[2][3] The first company he founded, NetMarket, conducted the first secure commercial transaction on the web in 1994.[4]
- ^ "Priyanka Sharma takes over the leadership of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation". TechCrunch. June 2020. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "CNCF Names Kohn as Executive Director". Light Reading. June 3, 2016. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Darrow, Barb (August 9, 2017). "Amazon Joins Google, Goldman Sachs, and Twitter in This Cloud Foundation". Fortune. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Gilbert, Alorie. "E-commerce turns 10". CNET. Retrieved June 8, 2020.