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Austin McChord
Austin McChord | |
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| Born | October 8, 1985 Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Newtown High School |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology (BS) |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive, software engineer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Employer | Datto (founder) |
| Board member of | RIT Board of Trustees[1] |
| Website | Profile on Datto |
Austin McChord (born October 8, 1985)[2] is an American businessman and computer engineer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Datto, a data backup company he founded in 2007.[3][4][5][6] By 2015[7] Datto had a "purported valuation of $1 billion,"[8] making it the only "unicorn" company in the state of Connecticut.[9] In December 2017[10] Datto was sold to Vista Equity Partners for around $1.5 billion[9] and merged with Autotask,[11] with McChord appointed CEO of the combined company.[9] Named to Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list of leaders in enterprise technology in 2015,[3][12][13] he is a periodic author for publications such as Entrepreneur,[14] Business Insider,[15] and TechCrunch.[16]
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- ^ Austin McChord (May 13, 2015), Austin McChord, TechCrunch, archived from the original on June 29, 2016, retrieved March 26, 2018
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