| Wesleyan University, Bachelor | |
| Economics and Mathematics |
Jonathan Schwartz is a founder, and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Informed Biometry Corporation, a company focused on the intersection of technology and public health. Beyond his tweets (twitter.com/openjonathan) and blog (jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com), not much more about Informed Biometry has been disclosed.
Prior to starting Informed Biometry, he was the chief executive officer and president of Sun Microsystems, and a member of Sun’s board of directors. He became Sun’s CEO in 2006, succeeding the Company’s co-founder and chairman of the board, Scott McNealy. After Sun’s acquisition by Oracle Corp. in February, 2010, Schwartz announced his resignation via his twitter account.
Prior to his position as COO, Schwartz served as Sun’s executive vice president for software, its Chief Strategy Officer, and held a variety of leadership positions across product and corporate development. He joined Sun in 1996 after the Company acquired Lighthouse Design, where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to that, Schwartz was a consultant with McKinsey & Co., Inc. in their New York offices.
Schwartz received degrees in economics and mathematics from Wesleyan University.
