Company · Publishing · Technology · founded 1978
O'Reilly Media
Learning company that publishes technical books and runs an online learning platform. Tim O'Reilly founded it in 1978 as a technical writing consultancy; it launched Make: magazine in 2005 and Maker Faire in 2006.
Of the 1 person here linked to O'Reilly Media, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
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1 person at O'Reilly Media
Founder Still there
Role
Founder and CEO, 1978–now
Source
· medium confidence. Wikipedia says he stepped back from day-to-day CEO duties in 2011 and keeps the CEO title; it does not mention a chairman role.
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Tim O'Reilly
Founder and chairman of O'Reilly Media; convened the 1998 meeting that popularized the term open source and helped popularize Web 2.0
professional · well-connected · college degree