Jonathan I. Schwartz

Jonathan I. Schwartz

Jonathan Ian Schwartz (born October 20, 1965) is the current President and CEO of Sun Microsystems, as well as a member of the Company's Board of Directors.

Schwartz attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated in 1983. He spent freshman year of college at Carnegie Mellon University in 1983-1984, and then transferred to Wesleyan University, where he studied economics and mathematics.

Schwartz started his career in 1987 at McKinsey & Company in New York City. During that same year, Schwartz was riding on the Amtrak "Colonial" train that crashed in Chase, Maryland. According to him, the incident had a profound impact on his life. [http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/five_things_about_myself Five Things, Jonathan's Blog] .] In 1989, Schwartz left McKinsey and moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he was a co-founder of Lighthouse Design. In the early 1990s, Lighthouse Design moved to San Mateo, California. Eventually, Schwartz became chief executive officer of Lighthouse.

In 1996, Lighthouse Design was acquired by Sun Microsystems. [Kalin, Sari (June 1996). " [http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-06-1996/swol-06-lighthouse.html PC Expo: Sun buys object developer] ". Accessed on August 25, 2005.] Schwartz became the director of product marketing for JavaSoft in 1997 and then transitioned through a series of 5 vice president positions. In 2004, Schwartz was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Sun. [ [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=902035 Forbes.com profile for Jonathan Schwartz] . Accessed on September 25, 2007.] On April 24, 2006, he replaced Scott McNealy as CEO.

Schwartz maintains a blog at http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/. As one of the few Fortune 500 CEO bloggers, Schwartz is recognized for his efforts to bring greater transparency into the corporate world and had a public exchange with SEC Chairman Christopher Cox about the use of websites and blogs [ [http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/one_small_step_for_the One Small Step for the Blogosphere] ] to meet Regulation Fair Disclosure. [ [http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/regfd_and_the_odf_tidal The Internet and Regulation FD ] ]

Schwartz regularly promotes his view that the Information Age has given way to a "Participation Age," in which people create news, ideas, and entertainment, as well as consuming them. Schwartz also speaks about the networks as a social utility -- comparable to electricity or railroads -- that creates an opportunity to drive social, economic and political progress. [ [http://sunfeedroom.sun.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=c330dbd88:11a4fc3ad89:-14d0&rf=sv&fr_story=FRsupt215040&st=1212520806980&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fr=060308_032007720_330dbd88x11a4fc3ad89xw14cf&rdm=670104.7802007153 Sun Microsystems and Emerging Markets] ] [ [http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/hbreditors/2008/05/video_highlights_from_the_49th.html Video Highlights from the 49th Annual McKinsey Awards] ]

He is "one quarter (Asian) Indian, one quarter Welsh (on his Mother's side), one quarter Hungarian, and one quarter Russian (Father's side)."

References

Articles

* [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Suns-OpenDoor-Policy/ Sun`s `Open`-Door Policy] - eWeek March 15, 2008 - Article discusses how the company is leveraging open source to make new enterprise inroads.

* [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc2007104_507418.htm The 'Warrior' Within Jonathan Schwartz] - Article discusses Schwartz' personal history and rise, accessed January 22, 2008

* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/BUGPDMQ1T956.DTL Sun CEO Emerges From McNealy's Shadow.] - San Francisco Chronicle. December 15, 2006. After 7 months as Sun's top executive, Schwartz says the company is expanding its business.

* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393166/index.htm Blogger in Chief] - Fortune. October 30, 2006. Jonathan Schwartz discusses his communication priorities as Sun's CEO and the importance of his blog: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/

* [http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3459 Sun Promotes Alternate View] - Techworld.com. April 11, 2005. Article where Schwartz felt the GPL was being used "as a tool allowing United States businesses to pillage developing countries of their intellectual property."

External links

* [http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/executives/index.jsp Sun Microsystems Executive Perspectives]
* [http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/executives/schwartz/bio.jsp Sun Microsystems Official Jonathan I. Schwartz bio]
* [http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/ Schwartz's Blog]

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