Jon Burgstone
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Professor Jon Burgstone, a businessman and professor, was CEO and co-founder of SupplierMarket. Burgstone sold the startup company to Ariba 362 days after it was launched, for $1.1 billion USD. This is believed to be the fastest $0 to $1B company in high-tech history.
Professor Jon Burgstone graduated from Harvard Business School, after achieving finalist status in HBS's "Business Plan Contest" with his SupplierMarket concept. Burgstone is also a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois
Currently Jon Burgstone is a private investor and Faculty Chairman of The Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. Burgstone also actively works to expand education and to improve human rights.
External link
- Biography at UCB IEOR (http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/People/Faculty/burgstone.htm)
- Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (http://www.cet.berkeley.edu/)