Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski is a Polish American technology entrepreneur born in 1950 in

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. He is currently the executive chairman and CEO of SilkRoad Equity, a private investment firm, and founded

Platinum technology Platinum Technology Inc. was founded by Andrew Filipowski in 1987 to market and support deployment of database management software products and the applications enabled by database management technology and to render related services. Over its 12 ...

in 1987. He is also currently the Co-CEO of 'Fluree PBC', a blockchain database technology company. He also founded and is the chairman of VeriBlock a technology company that provides Bitcoin security to the world's blockchains. He founded or co-founded Blue Rhino Corporation, Primo Water, SilkRoad technology Inc., DBMS Inc., the

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, SolidSpace Inc., Onramp Branding, MissionMode, Unocoin and InterAct 911. Platinum technology was sold to

Computer Associates CA Technologies, formerly known as CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City. It is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product po ...

in 1999 for $3.5 billion, a record at the time for a software company. Filipowski's personal proceeds from the deal were $290 million. Filipowski founded or served in an executive capacity in a number of companies including divine, inc., DBMS, Inc. and

Cullinet Cullinet was a software company whose products included the database management system IDMS and the integrated software package Goldengate. In 1989, the company was bought by Computer Associates. Cullinet was headquartered at 400 Blue Hill Drive ...

Corp; he also served in various managerial and technical positions with A.B. Dick,

Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent p ...

and

Time, Inc Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Ill ...

. Throughout the course of his career, Filipowski, along with his management team, has acquired and integrated nearly 200 public and private companies. Filipowski was the 1998 recipient of the

Anti-Defamation League The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States specializing in civil rights law. It was founded in late Septe ...

's Torch of Liberty Award, first for the

Silicon Prairie The Silicon Prairie, a take on the Silicon Valley, can refer to one of several places in the United States: including the Dallas–Fort Worth area in Texas, the Chicago and Champaign-Urbana areas in Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin. Silicon Prai ...

(Chicago), for his support in fighting hate on the Internet. In 2000, he was named one of the 100 most influential individuals in the technology field in ''Upside'' magazine's 2000 Upside Elite 100 list.

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American technology executives American people of Polish descent Polish businesspeople Living people 1950 births Businesspeople from Chicago Private equity and venture capital investors 20th-century American businesspeople American technology company founders {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub