Background
Son of a local school official, Campbell was born and raised in Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
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William V. Campbell
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William V. Campbell, American computer software company executive. Named to InfoWorld's Top 25 CTOs, 2004; recipient John Jay award, Columbia College, 1991, Alexander Hamilton medal, 2000. Board directors National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame; chairman board trustees Columbia University, since 2005.
Education
He attended Columbia University where he played football under coach Buff Donelli from 1959 to 1961. He graduated in 1962 with a bachelor"s degree in economics.
Career
In his senior year, he was named to the All-Ivy Team. In 1964, he obtained a master"s degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He was head coach of Columbia"s football team, the Columbia Lions from 1974 to 1979.
Prior to this he was an assistant at Boston College for six years.
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. Since 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple, Campbell has served as a corporate director on Apple"s board of directors.
Campbell became Chief Executive Officer of GO Corporation, a startup pioneering a tablet computer operating system.
After successfully selling GO Eo to American Telephone & Telegraph Company Corporation in 1993, Campbell was Chief Executive Officer of Intuit from 1994 to 1998. Campbell announced that he would be retiring as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Intuit starting January 2016. Campbell is an adviser to a number of technology companies, and was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Columbia in 2005.
According to Cable News Network Money, he is worth $200 million.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame. Chairman board trustees Columbia University, since 2005.
Connections
Married Roberta Spagnola. Children: Maggie, Jim.
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United States
Career
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1965
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1975