Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki
July 2015 at Wikimania
Born
Guy Takeo Kawasaki

(1954-08-30) August 30, 1954
Honolulu, Hawaii Territory
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Occupations
  • Author
  • Chief Evangelist, Canva[1]
  • Former Apple Fellow[2]
Children4
WebsiteOfficial website

Guy Takeo Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is an American marketing expert, author, and business person in Silicon Valley.[3] He is famous for his work at Apple, where he helped market the Macintosh computer in 1984.[4][5] From 2015 to 2016, Kawasaki was on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the group that operates entity of Wikipedia.[6] He has been an adviser of WikiTribune.[7]

Kawasaki was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.[8][9] He went to Stanford University and earned a degree in psychology.[10] He also went to UCLA to get a business degree.[10] He tried law school for a short time but did not like it.[11][12]

Career

Kawasaki is best known for his work as the chief evangelist for Apple. He helped to popularize the Macintosh computer by convincing people to make and use software for it. He used the term "evangelism" to describe this type of marketing.[13] After working at Apple, he started other companies and wrote many books. Some of his books include The Art of the Start and Enchantment. He has also been a well-known public speaker and a member of the board of trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation,[14] until December 2016.[6] Today, he is the chief evangelist for Canva, an online design company.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Guy Kawasaki Joins Australian Design Startup Canva As Chief Evangelist". TechCrunch. AOL. April 16, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Best Sellers: Hardcover Advice & Misc". The New York Times. March 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cameron, Chris (February 26, 2010). "Weekend Reading: Guy Kawasaki Author Spotlight". ReadWrite.
  4. ↑ Solis, Brian; Breakenridge, Deirdre K. Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR. FT Press, 2009. p. 9.
  5. ↑ Lucas-Conwell, Frederic (December 4, 2006). "Technology Evangelists: A Leadership Survey" (PDF). Growth Resources, Inc.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Henner, Christophe (23 December 2016). "Update regarding expiring Board terms". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Rajan, Amol (25 April 2017). "Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales creates news service Wikitribune". BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Duke Takeshi Kawasaki". Star-Advertiser. 16 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Evangelista, Benny (17 June 2012). "Guy Kawasaki a doting father – and hockey player". SFGate.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kawasaki, Guy (2015). "Who Is Guy?". guykawasaki.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Kawasaki, Guy (March 11, 2013). The Top 10 Mistakes of Entrepreneurs (Video). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ Iwata, Edward (November 10, 2008). "Entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki Doesn't Accept Failure". USA Today. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ Engst, Adam C. (May 18, 1992). "More Utilities, By GUM". TidBITS. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  14. ↑ de Vreede, Jan-Bart (March 24, 2015). "Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Guy Kawasaki as board member". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
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