Mr. Robert F. Young is a Co-Founder and Director at Red Hat Inc. He has 20 years of computer industry finance and marketing experience at the head of two computer leasing companies. Mr. Young is very active in determining the company’s strategic and creative direction and driving the global, industry-wide adoption of open source development practice. He is also the owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.
Career
Prior to Red Hat, Young built a couple of computer rental and leasing businesses, including founding Vernon Computer Rentals in 1984.[2] Descendants of Vernon are still operating under that name. After leaving Vernon, Young founded the ACC Corp Inc. in 1993.