Tim O'Reilly — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Popularized the terms "open source" and "Web 2.0"
Founder, chairman, and CEO of O'Reilly Media since 1983
Partner at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures since 2008
Authored "WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us" (2017)
Served on boards including Code for America, Maker Media, and Safari Books Online
Graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a BA in Classics in 1975

Biography

Timothy O'Reilly is an Irish-American author and publisher, best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of O'Reilly Media, which he established in 1983. Initially focused on publishing computer manuals, his company played a crucial role in evangelizing technologies such as the World Wide Web, the Perl programming language, Linux, open source, XML, and web services. O'Reilly is credited with popularizing the terms "open source" and "Web 2.0.