Kenneth Harry Olsen (born on February 20, 1926) is an American engineer who cofounded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and venture capital provided by Georges Doriot's American Research and Development Corporation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut. Olsen was a Massachusetts engineer who had been working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on the TX-2 project. Wikipedia
Learning About Radio and electronics Ken Olsen (KO): When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/olsen.html
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Digital faltered in the 1990s, however; in 1992 Olsen was replaced as CEO, and in 1998 the company was sold to Compaq (which in turn was bought up by Hewlett-Packard in 2002). www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp
