Jack Tramiel

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Jack Tramiel was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor best known as the hard-driving founder of Commodore and a key figure in the early personal computer revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust survivor
Polish-American
businessperson
technology entrepreneur
ageAtDeath 83
businessPhilosophy computers for the masses, not the classes
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Sam Tramiel NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Poland NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Poland
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1928-12-13
dateOfDeath 2012-04-08
emigratedTo United States of America
ethnicity Jewish
familyName Trzmiel NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork home computers
personal computers
founded Atari Corporation NERFINISHED
Commodore Business Machines NERFINISHED
Commodore International NERFINISHED
Tramiel Technology Ltd. NERFINISHED
fullName Jacek Trzmiel NERFINISHED
givenName Jacek NERFINISHED
industry computer industry
consumer electronics
influenced personal computer market in the 1980s
knownFor founding Commodore International
leading the development of the Commodore 64
popularizing low-cost home computers
languageSpoken English
Polish
militaryService United States Army
notableAchievement led Commodore to become a leading home computer manufacturer
notableWork Atari ST NERFINISHED
Commodore 64 NERFINISHED
Commodore PET NERFINISHED
Commodore VIC-20 NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 3
occupation business executive
computer industry pioneer
placeOfBirth Łódź, Poland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Monte Sereno, California, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld CEO of Atari Corporation
CEO of Commodore International
religion Judaism
residence New York City
Silicon Valley NERFINISHED
spouse Helen Goldgrub NERFINISHED
survivedEvent Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED
Holocaust NERFINISHED

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Commodore International foundedBy Jack Tramiel
Commodore International keyPerson Jack Tramiel
Commodore foundedBy Jack Tramiel
subject surface form: Commodore International
Commodore keyPerson Jack Tramiel
subject surface form: Commodore International