Pieter Geelen

Pieter Geelen (born 1964) is a Dutch entrepreneur.

In 1991, he broke off his Ph.D. research in Computer Science at the Universiteit van Amsterdam to found a company called Palmtop Software with his former university mate Peter-Frans Pauwels. This company was later renamed to TomTom.[1]

With the €100,000,000 he acquired from TomTom’s IPO in 2005, he established[2][3] the Turing Foundation, a charitable organization.

In 2013 he founded[4] the Mapcode Foundation, another charitable organization which offers the Mapcode system[5] he invented in 2001 with Harold Goddijn.

References

  1. ↑ Pieter Geelen. "Pieter Geelen: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  2. ↑ "TomTom founder donates €100.000.000". Turingfoundation.org. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Turing’s Legacy – Philanthropy". Theturingcentenary.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Did TomTom founders just kill the postcode?". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  5. ↑ "The New Yorker - Should Mapcodes Replace GPS". TNewyorker.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.

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