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Computer pioneer Max Palevsky, PhB’48, SB’48, whose generosity helped shape many aspects of the University and its campus, died of heart failure May 5 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 85.
Learn about Max Palevsky, a pioneer in the computer electronics industry who founded Scientific Data Systems in 1961. Find out his background, achievements, and how he sold his company to a larger competitor in 1969.
2006 Computer History Museum. Gardner Hendrie: [August 29, 2006] We have today Max Palevsky, [who] has very graciously agreed to an oral history for the Computer History Museum’s Oral History Project.
Computer technology pioneer and venture capitalist Max Palevsky, perhaps best-known for funding then-startup chipmaker Intel Corp., has died. He was 85. Palevsky died of heart failure Wednesday...
Max Palevsky (July 24, 1924 – May 5, 2010) was an American art collector, venture capitalist, philanthropist, and computer technology pioneer. [1] He was known as a member of the Malibu Mafia – a group of wealthy American Jewish men who donated money to liberal and progressive causes and politicians.
May 5, 2010 · Max Palevsky, an immigrant’s son who made a fortune in the early days of the computer industry, then used his millions to build notable art collections and finance liberal campaigns, including ...
Max Palevsky and Robert Beck founded SDS in 1961 to make scientific computers. Their clever engineering brought better performance than the competition at lower cost. In 1968 Xerox bought the company for over $900 million.
