Bill Campbell is the current Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Intuit. He formerly worked for Apple Computer (as VP of Marketing), Claris (as CEO), and GO Corporation (as CEO). The phrase Chairman of the Board has several meanings: Chairman of the Board is the term used to denote the leader of a corporations board of directors. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... To intuit has the definition to know or grasp by intuition or feeling. Intuit, Inc. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Claris was a computer software company formed as a spin-off from Apple Computer in 1987. ... GO Corporation was founded in 1987 to create software for mobile computers and personal digital assistants. ...

Son of a steelworker, Campbell was born and raised in Homestead, PA, near Pittsburgh. He attended Columbia University and starred in football. After graduation he coached Columbia's football team to unremarkable seasons. He joined J. Walter Thompson, the advertising agency, then Kodak where he rose to run Kodak's European film business. Hired by John Sculley he became Apple's VP of Marketing, then ran Apple's Claris software division. When Sculley refused to spin Claris off into an independent company, Campbell and much of the Claris leadership, left. City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ... James Walter Thompson (1847-1928) was the founder of the JWT advertising agency and a pioneer of many advertising techniques. ... Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is a large multinational public company producing photographic equipment. ... John Sculley John Sculley (born April 6, 1939) was a president of Pepsi Cola USA until he was named president and CEO of Apple Computer on April 8, 1983. ... Claris was a computer software company formed as a spin-off from Apple Computer in 1987. ...

Campbell became CEO of GO Corporation, an ill-fated startup pioneering a tablet computer operating system. After successfully selling GO to AT&T in 1993, Campbell was CEO of Intuit from 1994 to 1998. AT&T (formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone and Telegraph) Corporation NYSE: T is an American telecommunications company. ...

Campbell is an advisor to a number of technology companies, including Google, and is on the boards of Intuit, Apple, and Columbia University. Google, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), is a U.S. public corporation, initially established as a privately-held corporation in 1998, that designed and managed the Internet Google search engine. ...

References

• Executive Profile at Intuit.