Jim Rutt
{{Short description|American businessman}}
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| name = Jim Rutt
| birth_name = James P. Rutt
| birth_date = 1954{{cite news|last1=Schwartz|first1=John|title=TECHNOLOGY; Internet 'Bad Boy' Takes on a New Challenge|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/23/business/technology-internet-bad-boy-takes-on-a-new-challenge.html|accessdate=4 April 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 23, 2001}}
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| occupation = Entrepreneur
| alma mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| known_for = Network Solutions, Santa Fe Institute, snail mail
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Jim Rutt (born 1954) is an American businessman and entrepreneur, the former CEO of Network Solutions, and the former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute.{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Megan|title=Staunton 'makerspace' gives anyone a high-tech workshop|url=http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/06/03/software-engineer-creating-makerspace-staunton/9925519/|accessdate=4 April 2016|publisher=News Leader|date=June 5, 2014}}
Early life
In 1975, Rutt received a bachelor's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{cite web|title=Jim Rutt|url=http://krasnow.gmu.edu/trustees/biojr/|website=Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study|publisher=George Mason University|accessdate=4 April 2016}} He later ran technology operations for Thomson Corporation.
Business career
Rutt was the CEO of Network Solutions, an American technology and Internet company.{{cite news|title=Network Solutions appoints new CEO|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/network-solutions-appoints-new-ceo/|accessdate=4 April 2016|publisher=CNET|date=January 2, 2002}} He was hired in 1999 during the dot-com boom, and negotiated the company's $15 billion acquisition by Verisign, where it continued operating as an independent subsidiary.{{cite news|title=VeriSign buys domain firm|url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/03/07/deals/verisign/|accessdate=4 April 2016|publisher=CNN|date=March 7, 2000}}{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Leslie|title=James Rutt, Chief Executive Officer Network Solutions|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/00/business/walker/walker0622.htm|accessdate=4 April 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 22, 2000}} In March 2001, after the acquisition, he subsequently stepped down from his position as a Verisign executive. After retiring, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson appointed Rutt to serve on the State Investment Council.{{cite web|title=GOV. RICHARDSON APPOINTS JIM RUTT TO STATE INVESTMENT COUNCIL|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1091396841.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505145428/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1091396841.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-05-05|website=Highbeam|publisher=US Fed News Service|ref=August 7, 2006}} In 2014, Rutt co-founded a makerspace in Staunton, Virginia with software engineer Dan Funk.
Activities
In 1981, Rutt was the first to use the term "snail mail" to describe conventional mail services, in contrast with email.{{cite book|last1=Creeber|first1=Glen|last2=Martin|first2=Royston|title=Digital Cultures: Understanding New Media|date=December 1, 2008|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0335221974}} Rutt is a trustee of the Santa Fe Institute,{{Cite web |title=Jim Rutt {{!}} Santa Fe Institute |url=https://www.santafe.edu//people/profile/jim-rutt |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.santafe.edu |language=en}} a multi-disciplinary research organization, and was its chairman before retiring in 2012. He does research into the scientific study of consciousness and artificial general intelligence.{{cite web|title=Jim Rutt|url=http://www.santafe.edu/about/people/profile/Jim%20Rutt|website=Santa Fe Institute|publisher=Santa Fe Institute|accessdate=4 April 2016}}
He hosts a podcast called The Jim Rutt Show.
References
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External links
- [https://www.jimruttshow.com/ The Jim Rutt Show]
- [https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.jim.rutt Lifeboat Foundation biography]
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Category:American computer businesspeople
Category:American technology chief executives
Category:American technology company founders