Jack Tramiel
Jack Tramiel (/trəˈmɛl/ trə-MEL; born Idek Trzmiel; December 13, 1928 – April 8, 2012) was an American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The Commodore 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 6 people spotlighted when the computer was denoted "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine in 1982.
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Tramiel in 2007 | |
| Born | Idek Trzmiel December 13, 1928 Łódź, Second Polish Republic |
| Died | April 8, 2012 (aged 83) Stanford, California, U.S. |
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Helen (m. 1947–2012) |
| Children | 3 |
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