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Theodore "Ted" Waitt (born January 18, 1963) is an American billionaire philanthropist who was a co-founder of Gateway, Inc. == Biography == Waitt was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa and left without earning a degree. Waitt and Mike Hammond started ''Gateway 2000'' on September 5, 1985 with a $10,000 loan secured by Waitt's grandmother. The Company began on Waitt's father's cattle ranch in Sioux City, Iowa, moved to Sergeant Bluff, Iowa and later to North Sioux City, South Dakota, where they continued to develop their "down-home" branding, complete with computer boxes printed in a black and white Holstein cow pattern. Waitt led a move of the company's headquarters from South Dakota to Poway, California in 1998. Mr. Waitt released the reins as CEO of Gateway in late 1999 to Jeffrey Weitzen, but returned to the post in January 2001. In 2004, after the acquisition of eMachines, Waitt turned over day-to-day operations of Gateway and the title of CEO to Wayne Inouye,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://news.cnet.com/Gateway-completes-eMachines-buy/2100-1042_3-5172583.html )〕 the former CEO of eMachines. In May 2005, he resigned as chairman of the company,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://news.cnet.com/Ted-Waitt-leaves-Gateway-board/2100-1003_3-5714013.html )〕 ending a near 20-year run with the company he co-founded. Waitt has been featured on numerous lists by Forbes magazine. He has held a spot on both the Forbes 400 Richest in America as well as Forbes list of the World's Billionaires. He has also been listed on Fortune Magazines "40 Richest Under 40", a list of the 40 wealthiest self-made Americans under the age of 40 in the United States. The 2008 Forbes 400 List listed Waitt with a net worth estimated at $1.4 billion. Waitt fell off the Forbes 400 list in 2009 with a net worth estimate of $900 million. Forbes speculated that the drop from the previous year was as a result of "souring real estate" and a divorce settlement.〔() Forbes 2009 List〕 According to the September 2002 issue of Fortune Magazine,〔() Fortune, September 2, 2002〕 Waitt sold $1.1 billion in Gateway stock during the dot-com era. In August 2007, Gateway was acquired by Acer Inc. for $1.90 per share or $710 million.〔() MSNBC, August 27, 2007〕 Labeled a maverick by national business and technology publications,〔() Wired, May 1995〕 he has gone on to form four enterprises that are his chief interests: Avalon Capital Group, Inc., a wholly owned, billion-dollar private investment company with diverse interests in technology, health care, energy, finance, and real estate; and the Waitt Foundation, Waitt Institute and Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention, nonprofit organizations dedicated to the improvement of mankind’s knowledge through historical and scientific exploration. Mr. Waitt resides in La Jolla, California with his family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ted Waitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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