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John Warnock

1940 - 2023

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John Edward Warnock (October 6, 1940 – August 19, 2023) was an American computer scientist, inventor, technology businessman, and philanthropist best known for co-founding Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company, with Charles Geschke in 1982. Warnock was President of Adobe for his first two years and chairman and CEO for his remaining sixteen years at the company. Although he retired as CEO in 2001, he continued to co-chair the Adobe Board of Directors with Geschke until 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Warnock has received more than 657,856 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Warnock is the 247th most popular businessperson (up from 476th in 2019), the 2,673rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,613th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, John Warnock ranks 247 out of 847. Before him are Meyer Guggenheim, Henry Flagler, Kirk Kerkorian, Edsel Ford, Umberto Agnelli, and David Packard. After him are Eric Schmidt, Giulia Tofana, Dhirubhai Ambani, Félicien Kabuga, Francesco Baracca, and Dietmar Hopp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, John Warnock ranks 154. Before him are Enrico Bombieri, Jack Nicklaus, John Grinder, Linda Gray, James Herbert Brennan, and Jan Stráský. After him are Antonio Skármeta, Jeffrey Archer, John Havlicek, Dietmar Hopp, Charles Robert Jenkins, and Wayne Dyer. Among people deceased in 2023, John Warnock ranks 185. Before him are Philippe Sollers, Andrés García, Rita Lee, Antoni Martí, Guðbergur Bergsson, and Lubomír Štrougal. After him are Colin Burgess, Juliette Mayniel, Lasse Berghagen, Federico Sacchi, Ferran Olivella, and Akgün Kaçmaz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Warnock ranks 2,673 out of 20,380. Before him are David Packard (1912), Chad Smith (1961), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Victor Mature (1913), Tracy Morgan (1968), and Robert Davi (1953). After him are Dan Gurney (1931), John Hillerman (1932), George Reeves (1914), Carolyn Jones (1930), Pancho Gonzales (1928), and Eric Schmidt (1955).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, John Warnock ranks 78. Before him are Mike Markkula (1942), Bill Hewlett (1913), Henry Flagler (1830), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Edsel Ford (1893), and David Packard (1912). After him are Eric Schmidt (1955), Howard Schultz (1953), Rex Tillerson (1952), Charles Koch (1935), King C. Gillette (1855), and Ivy Lee (1877).

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