Jack Tramiel

Jack Tramiel (, ; born Idek Trzmiel, Polish pronunciation:; December 13, 1928 – April 8, 2012) was a Polish-Americanbusinessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while he was running the company. Tramiel later formed Atari Corporation after he purchased the remnants of the original Atari, Inc. from its parent company. He was one of six people spotlighted when the computer was denoted "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine in 1982.