Philippe Kahn

Philippe Kahn (born March 16, 1952) is a French-born entrepreneur best known as the founder of Borland, a software company which had its greatest success in the 1980s with Turbo Pascal. He moved to the US in 1982 and set up Borland International. Its first hit was Turbo Pascal. Philippe Kahn is credited with the invention in 1997 of the Camera-Phone which was the founding vision of LightSurf Technologies, now owned by Verisign.

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March 16 - 1952 - French - Borland - Software - 1980s - Turbo Pascal - 1982 - Borland International

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He is currently the CEO of Fullpower technologies, a company which provides solutions converging life sciences and wireless technology.

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He is married to Sonia Lee, who also works at Fullpower. They have four children. Together, they run an environmental charity, the Lee-Kahn Foundation.

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