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Patrick Joseph McGovern
Patrick Joseph McGovern, Jr. (August 11, 1937 – March 19, 2014) was an American businessman, known for being chairman and founder of International Data Group (IDG), a company that includes subsidiaries in technology publishing, research, event management and venture capital.
He was listed on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans in September, 2013 as having a net worth of $5.1 billion.〔("Profile: Patrick McGovern" ), ''Forbes'' magazine, Forbes.com; accessed May 16, 2011.〕
==Biography==
''Forbes'' magazine claims he earned a scholarship by designing an unbeatable tic-tac-toe program in the 1950s. He worked at the MIT student newspaper ''The Tech'' on the features staff during his sophomore year. McGovern received a degree in course 7, or biology/life sciences, from MIT, in 1959.〔("MIT 2009 Bronze Beaver Award Winners" )〕 For a time, he was an editor of Computers & Automation magazine; founded, published and edited by Edmund C. Berkeley. McGovern started International Data Corporation (IDC) with a friend, Fred Kirch, in 1964, which produced a computer industry data base and published a newsletter, EDP Industry & Market Report. McGovern started the weekly newspaper Computerworld in 1967. In 1980 he created one of first American-Chinese joint ventures, and in 1997 ''Forbes'' estimated that "Pat McGovern has more readers in China than the People's Daily does."〔(''The Boston Globe'' )〕 In 1991 his company published "DOS For Dummies", the first of the very popular "For Dummies" series of books explaining various subjects to the lay person.〔''The Boston Globe''() by J.M. Lawrence, March 23, 2014〕 Bloomberg News reported that IDG had 280 million regular readers of its publications, and annual revenues of $3.6 billion.〔''Bloomberg''() by Laurence Arnold, March 20, 2014〕
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