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Mitch Kapor

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Mitchell David Kapor ( KAY-por; born November 1, 1950) is an American entrepreneur best known for his work as an application developer in the early days of the personal computer software industry, later founding Lotus, where he was instrumental in developing the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He left Lotus in 1986. In 1990 with John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and served as its chairman until 1994. In 2003, he became the founding chair of the Mozilla Foundation, creator of the open source web browser Firefox. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mitch Kapor is the 770th most popular businessperson, the 14,503rd most popular biography from United States and the 275th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Mitch Kapor ranks 770 out of 847. Before him are Pallonji Mistry, Andrea Jung, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Artemy Lebedev, Scooter Braun, and Eric Yuan. After him are Mike Krieger, Rick Snyder, Olivia Palermo, Roger Goodell, George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, and Michael Everson.

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Among people born in 1950, Mitch Kapor ranks 719. Before him are Jackie Speier, Barbara Barrett, Malcolm Macdonald, Parveen Sultana, Filippos Petsalnikos, and Joseph R. Tanner. After him are Megumi Torigoe, Mike Johanns, Howard Finkel, Carl J. Meade, Anna Tibaijuka, and Charles Krauthammer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mitch Kapor ranks 14,503 out of 20,380. Before him are Jen Psaki (1978), Taylor Zakhar Perez (1991), Sharon Robinson (1953), Grayson Hall (1922), Vincent Ventresca (1966), and John Tower (1925). After him are Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Paul Weitz (1965), Chris Pitman (1961), Andrew J. Feustel (1965), JC Chasez (1976), and Troy Aikman (1966).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Mitch Kapor ranks 275. Before him are Ray Ozzie (1955), Mitchell Baker (1957), James M. Beggs (1926), Angela Ahrendts (1960), Lloyd Blankfein (1954), and Scooter Braun (1981). After him are Rick Snyder (1958), Olivia Palermo (1986), Roger Goodell (1959), Michael Everson (1963), Evan Spiegel (1990), and Glenn Beck (1964).

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