William Norris

For other people named William Norris see William Norris (disambiguation). William Charles Norris (July 14, 1911 near Red Cloud, Nebraska –  August 21, 2006) was the pioneering CEO of Control Data Corporation, at one time one of the most powerful and respected computer companies in the world. He is famous for taking on IBM in a head-on fight and winning, as well as being a social activist who used Control Data's expansion in the late 1960s to bring jobs and training to inner-cities and disadvantaged communities.
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