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Dan Bricklin
VisiCalc inventor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Singer Bricklin (born July 16, 1951) is an American businessman and engineer who is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program. He also founded Software Garden, Inc., of which he is currently president, and Trellix,[1] which he left in 2004.[2] He currently serves as the chief technology officer of Alpha Software.[3]
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Born | (1951-07-16) July 16, 1951 (age 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB) Harvard University (MBA) |
Known for | VisiCalc wikiCalc |
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His book, Bricklin on Technology, was published by Wiley in May 2009.[4] For his work with VisiCalc, Bricklin is often referred to as "the father of the Spreadsheet". He was one of six people spotlighted when the Computer was denoted "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine in 1982.