Tim O’Reilly

  • Tim

  • Tim O’Reilly
    Founder, O’Reilly Media

    Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, a computer book publishing firm. The company also publishes online through the O’Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics. Tim is an activist for Open Source, open standards, and intellectual property laws.

    In 1998 the term “Open Source” was formally adopted at a summit of key free software leaders hosted by O’Reilly. Tim is honored with Infoworld’s Industry Achievement Award for his role in Open Source advocacy.

    Since 1978, Tim has led O’Reilly Media to be a catalyst for technology change by capturing and transmitting the knowledge of “alpha geeks” and other innovators. His active engagement with technology communities drives both the company’s product development and its marketing.

    Tim has served on the board of trustees for both the Internet Society and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two organizations devoted to making sure that the Internet fulfills its promise. He was on the board of Macromedia up until the recent merger with Adobe. He is currently on the board of CollabNet.

    Tim graduated from Harvard College in 1975 with a B.A. cum laude in Classics.

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