Kenneth Harry Olsen is an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and venture capital provided by Georges Doriot's American Research and Development Corporation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut. Olsen was a Massachusetts engineer who had been working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on the TX-2 project. Ken Olsen was known throughout his career for his paternalistic management style and his fostering of engineering innovation.

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  • Kenneth Harry Olsen is an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and venture capital provided by Georges Doriot's American Research and Development Corporation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut. Olsen was a Massachusetts engineer who had been working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on the TX-2 project. Ken Olsen was known throughout his career for his paternalistic management style and his fostering of engineering innovation. Ken Olsen’s valuing of innovation and technical excellence spawned and popularized techniques such as engineering matrix management that are broadly employed today throughout many industries. In 1986, Fortune Magazine named Olsen "America's most successful entrepreuner. " Olsen was the focus of a 1988 biography, "The Ultimate Entrepreneur: The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment Corporation," by Glenn Rifkin and George Harrar. Olsen was a major contributor to The Family, a secretive, political Christian organization.
  • Ken Olsen ist ein US-amerikanischer Ingenieur, der im Jahre 1957 die Computerfirma Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) gründete, deren Präsident er bis zu seinem Ausstieg aus dem Unternehmen im Jahre 1992 war.
  • El ingeniero Ken Olsen (nació el 20 de febrero de 1926)
  • Kenneth Harry Olsen on yhdysvaltalainen insinööri, joka perusti tietotekniikkayhtiö Digital Equipment Corporationin yhdessä kollegansa Harlan Andersonin kanssa vuonna 1957. Ennen Digitalia hän oli muun muassa toiminut Massachusettsin teknillisen korkeakoulun TX-2-tietokoneprojektin parissa. Olsen on tunnettu siitä, että hän vuonna 1977 sanoi, että "ihmisillä ei ole syytä tietokoneeseen kotonaan" (mitä on sittemmin tulkittu monin tavoin).
  • Kenneth Harry Olsen est un ingénieur américain. Il est le co-fondateur, avec Harlan Anderson, de la société Digital Equipment Corporation en 1957. Société qu'il dirigera jusqu'en 1992.
  • ケネス・ハリー・オルセン（英: Kenneth Harry Olsen、1926年2月20日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国の技術者であり、1957年にハーラン・アンダーソンと共にディジタル・イクイップメント・コーポレーション (DEC) を創業した人物。
  • Ken H. Olsen – amerykański inżynier, założyciel w 1957 r. firmy Digital Equipment Corporation, w latach 50. inżynier w MIT Lincoln Laboratory, pracujący nad projektem komputera TX-2. W 1977 r. Olsen zasłynął stwierdzeniem There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home ("Nie ma żadnego powodu, aby ktokolwiek posiadał w domu komputer") – w rzeczywistości Olsen miał na myśli centralny komputer, który sterowałby każdym aspektem ludzkiego życia, a nie komputery domowe, które w owym czasie zyskiwały sobie szybko akceptację pasjonatów.
  • Kenneth H. Olsen este un inginer american, cofondator al companiei de calculatoare DEC, inventator.
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  • Kenneth Harry Olsen is an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and venture capital provided by Georges Doriot's American Research and Development Corporation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut. Olsen was a Massachusetts engineer who had been working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on the TX-2 project. Ken Olsen was known throughout his career for his paternalistic management style and his fostering of engineering innovation.
  • Ken Olsen ist ein US-amerikanischer Ingenieur, der im Jahre 1957 die Computerfirma Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) gründete, deren Präsident er bis zu seinem Ausstieg aus dem Unternehmen im Jahre 1992 war.
  • El ingeniero Ken Olsen (nació el 20 de febrero de 1926)
  • Kenneth Harry Olsen on yhdysvaltalainen insinööri, joka perusti tietotekniikkayhtiö Digital Equipment Corporationin yhdessä kollegansa Harlan Andersonin kanssa vuonna 1957. Ennen Digitalia hän oli muun muassa toiminut Massachusettsin teknillisen korkeakoulun TX-2-tietokoneprojektin parissa. Olsen on tunnettu siitä, että hän vuonna 1977 sanoi, että "ihmisillä ei ole syytä tietokoneeseen kotonaan" (mitä on sittemmin tulkittu monin tavoin).
  • Kenneth Harry Olsen est un ingénieur américain. Il est le co-fondateur, avec Harlan Anderson, de la société Digital Equipment Corporation en 1957. Société qu'il dirigera jusqu'en 1992.
  • ケネス・ハリー・オルセン（英: Kenneth Harry Olsen、1926年2月20日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国の技術者であり、1957年にハーラン・アンダーソンと共にディジタル・イクイップメント・コーポレーション (DEC) を創業した人物。
  • Ken H. Olsen – amerykański inżynier, założyciel w 1957 r. firmy Digital Equipment Corporation, w latach 50. inżynier w MIT Lincoln Laboratory, pracujący nad projektem komputera TX-2. W 1977 r.
  • Kenneth H. Olsen este un inginer american, cofondator al companiei de calculatoare DEC, inventator.
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