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Originally Posted by SunDude
I had googled him. Apparently he founded Seagate, among other IT companies.
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It's complicated but I think I have the history correct. Al Shugart and Conner started Shugart Technology that was later renamed Seagate then split from the company. Then he started Conner Peripherals which was later acquired by Seagate.
(I worked in the storage industry for 40 years starting at DEC (beginning in 1976), storage division acquired by Quantum, Quantum acquired by Maxtor, Maxtor acquired by Seagate. I workd for all of them but moved from Maxtor to Seagate before the acquisition (retired 2013). )
It seems that Seagate air made for some colorful characters. Shugart ran his dog for congress.