Rob Glaser
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Rob Glaser (born January 16, 1962) is the founder of RealNetworks (1994) which produced RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, Helix, among other products and services. Before RealNetworks, he became a millionaire by working for Microsoft for 10 years.
Glaser is a graduate of Yale University with a BA and an MA degrees in Economics and a BS degree in Computer Science.
Glaser was the 22nd largest individual donor to 527 groups in the 2004 US election, donating over 2.2 million US dollars to pro-Democratic organizations.[1] He was the leading creditor to Air America Radio, loaning at least $9.8 million according its bankruptcy filing.[2]
[edit] External links
- No. 41 Rob Glaser: Bit Streamer - Time Digital Top 50 (1999)
- Rob Glaser, Moving Target - interview by Randall Rothenberg writing for Wired Magazine (August, 1999)
- RealNetwork's CEO Rob Glaser - interview by Lance Ulanoff writing for PC Magazine (April 21, 2003)
- Can Glaser and Jobs find harmony? - interview by John Borland writing for c/net news.com (August 17, 2004)
- Free Fall Radio: Air America Goes Bankrupt - Page 3 of the Chapter 11 filing from The Smoking Gun (13 October 2006)
- Rethinkng Mobile Data Plans - On the Hot Seat with Rob Glaser - interview by Sue Marek for FierceMobileContent (December 18, 2007)
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