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Biography

Early life

Bennett is the son of former

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football letterman Steve Bennett. He grew up in

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, attending

Madison West High School Madison West High School is a grade 9-12 public high school in Madison, Wisconsin, operated by the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). The school was founded in 1930. It is one of the five high schools in MMSD, and serves students from th ...

before attending the

, where he became a standout athlete in baseball. He was a two-time All-

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selection and set school records for hits, doubles, and RBIs in a career. Bennett graduated from the UW-Madison in 1976 with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration.

Career

Bennett worked at

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for twenty-three years, where he held management roles in GE Capital e-Business, GE Capital Vendor Financial Services, GE Electrical Distribution and Control, GE Appliances, GE Medical Systems and GE Supply. He served as the CEO of

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from 2000 to December 2007. During his tenure at Intuit, annual revenue grew from less than $1 billion in 2000 to $2.7 billion in 2007. Bennett joined the board of directors of

in February 2010 and served as chairman from 2011 to 2013. He was named as Symantec’s chief executive officer in July 2012, replacing 19-year Symantec veteran Enrique Salem as CEO. Bennet tried to bring in a lot of structural changes similar to GE which created chaos in the organization, instead of focusing on Symantec's flailing product-line. He served until March 20, 2014, when he was fired for moving too slowly on innovation and new product development, according to ''

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''. He earned $36 million during his 20-month tenure. He served on the board of directors of

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from May 2004 to December 2009.

References

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