Mike Markkula

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business executive entrepreneur human investor

Mike Markkula is an American entrepreneur and early investor who played a crucial role in the founding and initial growth of Apple Computer, serving as its first major backer and a key executive.

Aliases (1)

Armas Clifford Markkula Jr. ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive → entrepreneur → human → investor →
boardMemberOf	Apple Computer, Inc. →
businessPartner	Steve Jobs → Steve Wozniak →
coFounded	Apple Computer, Inc. →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1942-02-11 →
educatedAt	University of Southern California →
employer	Apple Computer, Inc. → Fairchild Semiconductor → Intel →
endTimeOfPosition	1981 →
ethnicOrigin	Finnish descent →
familyName	Markkula →
fieldOfStudy	electrical engineering →
fullName	Armas Clifford Markkula Jr. →
givenName	Armas →
industry	computer industry → technology industry →
knownFor	co-founding Apple Computer with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak → early investor in Apple Computer →
nickname	Mike Markkula →
notableAchievement	helped recruit professional management for Apple → provided initial funding for Apple Computer →
notableEvent	involved in taking Apple public in 1980 →
notableInvestment	Apple Computer, Inc. →
notableWork	authoring the Apple marketing philosophy memo → writing Apple’s original business plan →
occupation	business executive → entrepreneur → investor →
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	CEO of Apple Computer, Inc. → chairman of the board of Apple Computer, Inc. → president of Apple Computer, Inc. →
residence	California, United States →
roleInCompany	early mentor to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak → first major outside backer of Apple Computer →
startTimeOfPosition	1977 →
timePeriodOfActivity	1970s → 1980s →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mike Markkula ("Armas Clifford Markkula Jr.") →	fullName
Mike Markkula →	nickname
Jobs (2013 film) →	portraysCharacter