Wayne Inouye (born 1953) formerly served as Gateway's president and CEO. Inouye announced his departure from Gateway on February 9, 2006.

Biography

Inouye became president and CEO of privately held eMachines in 2001, where he quickly turned the company into one of the fastest-growing, most efficient PC companies in the

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. eMachines was acquired by Gateway in March 2004. Inouye had several decades of senior executive experience, first at

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, where he worked for 9 years, and then as senior VP of computer merchandising at

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, where he worked from 1995 to 2001. He serves as the consumer merchandising & channel advisor of Fuhu, Inc. and executive officer of Fugoo, LLC.

References

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