Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki
July 2015 at Wikimania
Born
Guy Takeo Kawasaki

(1954-08-30) August 30, 1954 (age 70)
Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
Alma mater
Occupations
Children4
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Guy Takeo Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is a Japanese-American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist.[3] He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984. He popularized the word evangelist in marketing the Macintosh as an "Apple evangelist" and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism/platform evangelism in general.[4][5]

From March 2015 until December 2016, Kawasaki sat on the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees, the non-profit operating entity of Wikipedia.[6]

Kawasaki has also written fifteen books, including The Macintosh Way (1990), The Art of the Start (2004), and Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life (2019).

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  2. ^ "Best Sellers: Hardcover Advice & Misc". The New York Times. March 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Cameron, Chris (February 26, 2010). "Weekend Reading: Guy Kawasaki Author Spotlight". ReadWrite.
  4. ^ Solis, Brian; Breakenridge, Deirdre K. Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR. FT Press, 2009. p. 9.
  5. ^ Lucas-Conwell, Frederic (December 4, 2006). "Technology Evangelists: A Leadership Survey" (PDF). Growth Resources, Inc.
  6. ^ Henner, Christophe (December 23, 2016). "Update regarding expiring Board terms". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved January 12, 2017.