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Compaq

The PC Era · 1990s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.

The legends

Rod Canion — Cloned the PC

Co-founder & CEO

Co-founder & CEO
Reverse-engineered the IBM PC BIOS
Sketched the idea on a placemat

Eckhard Pfeiffer

CEO who made Compaq the #1 PC maker

Jim Harris

Co-founder & engineering lead

Bill Murto

Co-founder
Led sales and marketing

Gary Stimac

Systems engineering leader

Ben Rosen — Chairman & Lead VC

Chairman
Sevin Rosen Funds

Also on the roster

Sevin Rosen Funds

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