Robert Gaskins

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Robert Gaskins is a software entrepreneur best known as the co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint and a key figure in the early development of presentation software.

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instanceOf human
software entrepreneur
associatedWith Forethought PowerPoint NERFINISHED
Microsoft PowerPoint NERFINISHED
authorOf Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint NERFINISHED
coCreatorOf PowerPoint NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
developed PowerPoint 1.0 NERFINISHED
developedForPlatform Apple Macintosh NERFINISHED
Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
employer Forethought, Inc. NERFINISHED
Microsoft NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computer software
presentation software
genre technology writing
givenName Robert
hasImpactOn corporate communication
educational presentations
office productivity software
hasRole author
entrepreneur
software designer
industry software industry
influenced business presentation practices
computer-based slide presentations
knownFor co-creating PowerPoint
presentation software development
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Robert Gaskins NERFINISHED
notableAchievement led design of the first version of PowerPoint
pioneered graphical presentation software for personal computers
notableWork PowerPoint NERFINISHED
occupation author
software designer
software entrepreneur
partOf early history of Microsoft Office applications
positionHeld head of product development at Forethought, Inc.
workedOn Macintosh version of PowerPoint
Windows version of PowerPoint

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Forethought Inc. foundedBy Robert Gaskins