What happened to John W. Thompson? Ethnicity, Nationality



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John W. Thompson is an American businessman and software executive. He is the current CEO of Virtual Instruments and the former CEO of Symantec. He was also the chairman of Microsoft from February 2014 to September 2016.

Thompson was born in San Francisco, California, on April 27, 1954. His father was an electrical engineer and his mother was a homemaker. He has two brothers and one sister. He attended Catholic schools in San Francisco and graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1972. He then earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Santa Clara University in 1976.

Thompson began his career at IBM in sales and marketing. He then joined Symantec in 1989 as vice president of sales and marketing. He was promoted to president and CEO in 1999. He served in that role until he stepped down in 2009.

In February 2014, Thompson was appointed chairman of Microsoft, replacing Bill Gates who took on a new role as technology advisor. Thompson served as chairman until September 2016 when he was succeeded by Satya Nadella.

Thompson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also received honorary doctorates from Santa Clara University, Pepperdine University, and Howard University.

Thompson has an estimated net worth of $70 million. He earned a salary of $1.6 million as CEO of Symantec and $13 million as chairman of Microsoft. He also received stock awards valued at $21 million from Microsoft.

Thompson is divorced and has three children.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia