John J. Donovan

John J. Donovan

Infobox_Celebrity
name = John J. Donovan


birth_date = 1942
birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Chief Executive Officer
networth = profit $100 million USD (2005)

John J Donovan (born 1942) is a former professor of Electrical Engineering and Management at MIT and a professor of pediatrics at Tufts University. Since retiring from academia, he has been a successful serial entrepreneur, founding nearly a dozen technology companies and amassing an estimated fortune of $100 Million.

Donovan's business success has been marred by recent battles with his family. Accusations of child molestation from his daughter surfaced in 2002. In addition, several legal battles have been waged with four of his five children over claims to his fortune and real estate holdings. [ [http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175006735 MIT Entrepreneur Survives Execution-Style Shooting - MIT Shooting - InformationWeek ] ] His youngest son, John Donovan Jr., has acted as a mediator in the family dispute. [ Boston Magazine, July 2006 ]

Donovan shot himself twice in the stomach in the parking lot of his office at 219 Vassar St in Cambridge, MA on December 17, 2005. He was released from the hospital after one night and told police that he suspected that his son had arranged the shooting. On August 17, 2007 he was found guilty of filing a false police report in that incident.

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External links

* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194325,00.html Millionaire Indicted for Claim He Was Shot]
* [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/02/22/great_divide/ A N.E. family of privilege is at war over money, property, and accusations of a father's abuse]
* [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070817/tod-uk-usa-crime-shooting-cb1d00a_1.html Professor found guilty of staging own shooting]


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