Jimmy Treybig | |
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| Born | James G. Treybig September 28, 1940[1] Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (MBA, 1968) Rice University (BA, 1963; BSEE, 1964) |
| Known for | Founder of Tandem Computers Inc. |
| Successor | Roel Pieper (at Tandem Computers Inc. in 1996) |
| Awards | Entrepreneur of the Year (Stanford University, 1980)
Entrepreneur of the Year (Harvard University, 1981) 'Torch of Liberty' (Anti-Defamation League of B’Nai B’Rith, 1983) 100 people who changed the world (Upside Magazine) Visionary Award of Silicon Valley Pioneers (The Silicon Valley Forum, 2002). |
James G. Treybig is the founder of Tandem Computers, which designed and manufactured the first fault tolerant computers, in 1974. These pioneering computers were marketed to transaction processing customers, who used them for ATMs, banks, stock exchanges, phone companies, 911 and military applications.