Andy Bechtolsheim

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Andy Bechtolsheim is a German-born electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and billionaire best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an early investor in Google.

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instanceOf billionaire
businessperson
company founder
electrical engineer
entrepreneur
human
birthPlace Germany
citizenship Germany
coFounderOf Arista Networks
Granite Systems
Kealia
Sun Microsystems
degree Master of Science in Computer Engineering
PhD in Electrical Engineering
designed SUN workstation prototype
earlyInvestorIn Google
educatedAt Carnegie Mellon University
Stanford University
University of Munich NERFINISHED
employer Arista Networks
Cisco Systems
Sun Microsystems
familyName Bechtolsheim
fieldOfWork computer engineering
computer networking
electrical engineering
information technology entrepreneurship
givenName Andreas
industry computer hardware
computer networking
semiconductors
inspiredNameOf Sun Microsystems
knownFor co-founding Sun Microsystems
early investment in Google
high-performance network switches
languageSpoken English
German
name Andy Bechtolsheim
notableInvestment Google
notableWork design of early UNIX workstations
high-speed Ethernet switch architectures
occupation business executive
electrical engineer
entrepreneur
positionHeld chairman at Arista Networks
chief architect at Sun Microsystems
chief development officer at Cisco Systems
chief development officer at Sun Microsystems
residence California


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