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Charles Geschke

1939 - 2021

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Charles Matthew "Chuck" Geschke (September 11, 1939 – April 16, 2021) was an American businessman and computer scientist best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company Adobe Inc. with John Warnock in 1982, with whom he also co-created the PDF document format. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Geschke is the 465th most popular businessperson (down from 349th in 2019), the 6,142nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,025th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Charles Geschke ranks 465 out of 847. Before him are Ken Aston, Suge Knight, Maurizio Arrivabene, Savva Mamontov, Eugène Lanti, and John Warnock. After him are Mansour Ojjeh, Will Keith Kellogg, Maurice Farman, Michael Eisner, Marc Rich, and Mark Thatcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Charles Geschke ranks 334. Before him are Oʻtkir Sultonov, Ferdinand Bracke, Irán Eory, John Peel, Egon Zimmermann, and Abdelmajid Chetali. After him are Jerry Allison, Lothar Metz, Khin Nyunt, John Hopcroft, Luigi Simoni, and Joseph Vilsmaier. Among people deceased in 2021, Charles Geschke ranks 319. Before him are Dragan Pantelić, William Smith, Mari Törőcsik, Charlie Robinson, Frederic Rzewski, and Mustafa Ben Halim. After him are Lothar Metz, Mansour Ojjeh, Sylvano Bussotti, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Angelica Bella, and Nikolai Slichenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Geschke ranks 6,142 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), Alice Hamilton (1869), Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974), Hart Crane (1899), and Cameron Mitchell (1918). After him are Ruth Ford (1911), John Larroquette (1947), John Drew Barrymore (1932), Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Zach Braff (1975), and Sally Yates (1960).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Charles Geschke ranks 153. Before him are Maxwell Perkins (1884), Tim Sweeney (1970), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), William Henry Conley (1840), Suge Knight (1965), and John Warnock (1940). After him are Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Michael Eisner (1942), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Eli Lilly (1838), Dana White (1969), and Michael Dell (1965).

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