John Warnock
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American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)
Key facts
- Born
- John Edward Warnock , ( 1940-10-06 ) October 6, 1940, Salt Lake City , Utah, U.S.
- Died
- August 19, 2023 (2023-08-19) (aged 82), Los Altos, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Utah ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Adobe Systems PostScript Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Fields
- Computer science
- Institutions
- University of Utah
- Doctoral advisor
- David C. Evans Ivan Sutherland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City
- Place of death
- Los Altos
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Employer
- PARC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Doctoral advisor
- Ivan Sutherland
- Field of work
- software engineering
- Image
- John Warnock 2008.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-10-06
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of death
- 2023-08-19
- name in native language
- John Warnock
- Commons category
- John Warnock
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
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Encyclopedic overview
John Edward Warnock (October 6, 1940 – August 19, 2023) was an American computer scientist, inventor, technology businessman, and philanthropist best known for co-founding Adobe Systems Inc., the graphics and publishing software company, with Charles Geschke in 1982. Warnock was President of Adobe for his first two years and chairman and CEO for his remaining sixteen years at the company. Although he retired as CEO in 2001, he continued to co-chair the Adobe Board of Directors with Geschke until 2017. Warnock pioneered the development of graphics, publishing, web and electronic document technologies that have revolutionized the field of publishing and visual communications.
Early life and education
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