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<html> <head> <title>Palm</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Palm COMPANY PDA manufacturer, founded 1992 by <a href="/people/947/000172431/">Jeff Hawkins</a>, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan. Acquired 1995 by <a href="/company/642/000119285/">US Robotics</a>, which was subsequently acquired 1997 by <a href="/company/641/000119284/">3Com</a>. Palm was spun off in 2000. Official Website: <a href="http://www.palm.com/">http://www.palm.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/618/000098324/">Computer</a> Ticker: NASDAQ:PALM Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/736/000069529/" class=proflink>Sunnyvale, CA</a> Sales: $1.56B (2007) Employees: 1,200 (2008) EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000173829/">Eric A. Benhamou</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of 3Com, 1990-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000168750/">Michael R. Farese</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of WJ Communications, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000172431/">Jeff Hawkins</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000173041/">William T. Coleman III</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of BEA Systems, 1995-2001</td> </tr> </table> BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000173829/">Eric A. Benhamou</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of 3Com, 1990-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000061014/">John Doerr</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Silicon Valley venture capitalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/390/000128006/">Susan G. Swenson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of T-Mobile USA, 2004-05</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000030907/">Marc Blank</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Programmer behind Zork</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=119286" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/806/000000806/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/806/806/s806.jpg" width=128> Paris Hilton Sex Chart</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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