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	Lee-Kahn Foundation, founded by Philippe Kahn and Sonia Lee, sponsors non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing ...
		Philippe is considered one of the most innovative and dynamic leaders in the imaging and wireless businesses.
		Kahn has received numerous awards including his induction into the industry hall of fame, recognition by BYTE Magazine as one of the Top 20 Most Important People in the history of the computer industry, selection for Upside Magazine's Elite 100 list, as well as being the recipient of numerous awards for innovation and technical excellence.
		Philippe studied at the ETH in Zurich Switzerland and Nice University in France.
	www.lee-kahn.org /htm/C_philippe.htm (295 words)

	Philippe Kahn and Pegasus Racing, Racing Sailboats Worldwide : Transpac / Pacific Cup / Melges Worlds / Olympic Finn / ...
		That would be Philippe Kahn, the California and Hawaii-based software developer whose steady 5-3-5 string earned him a one-point lead over one of the local hopes, Fred Sherratt, sailing Steadfast for the host Royal Canadian Yacht Club, and two points over Tom Ritter's Tramp, which won the opening race.
		Philippe Kahn's Pegasus 77 and a second consecutive Barn Door victory in the 42nd Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles early Monday.
		Kahn's archrival later described the path laid by the lunar reflection on
	www.pegasusracing.com (1571 words)

	Lee-Kahn Foundation, founded by Philippe Kahn and Sonia Lee, sponsors non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing ...
		Philippe is considered one of the most innovative and dynamic leaders in the imaging and wireless businesses.
		Kahn has received numerous awards including his induction into the industry hall of fame, recognition by BYTE Magazine as one of the Top 20 Most Important People in the history of the computer industry, selection for Upside Magazine's Elite 100 list, as well as being the recipient of numerous awards for innovation and technical excellence.
		Philippe studied at the ETH in Zurich Switzerland and Nice University in France.
	www.lee-kahn.com /htm/C_philippe.htm (295 words)

	Philippe Kahn
		Philippe Kahn is Chief Executive Officer of LightSurf Technologies, the global leader for Instant Imaging and mobile multimedia.
		Philippe is considered one of the most innovative and dynamic leaders in the imaging and wireless businesses.
		Kahn has received numerous awards including his induction into the industry hall of fame, recognition by BYTE Magazine as one of the Top 20 Most Important People in the history of the computer industry, selection for Upside Magazine's Elite 100 list, as well as being the recipient of numerous awards for innovation and technical excellence.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ph/Philippe_Kahn.html (279 words)

	BORLAND NAMES GARY WETSEL PRESIDENT; Philippe Kahn Resigns as President and CEO. - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Kahn, remains chairman of the board and remains in the employ of the company.
		Kahn said, "It has become clear that my continuing as president and CEO has become a distraction at a time when Borland needs to be fully focused on the challenges ahead of it.
		Philippe Kahn, a French mathematician is one of the software industry pioneers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-16018975.html (702 words)

	Smart Computing Encyclopedia Entry - Philippe Kahn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		French-born Philippe Kahn has had a long and distinguished career as a technologist and computer industry executive.
		Kahn is a mathematician, and he worked with Niklaus Wirth on development of the Pascal programming language.
		Kahn, who first visualized such technologies while at Borland, played a vital role in the product’s invention and testing.
	www.smartcomputing.com /editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?guid=&searchtype=&DicID=18552&RefType=Encyclopedia (441 words)

	Philippe Kahn's advice for Manzi, Gates: Customers want solutions, not controversies; software companies should ...
		Philippe Kahn's advice for Manzi, Gates: Customers want solutions, not controversies; software companies should innovate, not litigate.
		SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1995-- Philippe Kahn, CEO of Starfish Software and Chairman of Borland International today responded to recent publicity surrounding public charges and counter charges levelled at each other by Lotus Development Corporation's Jim Manzi and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates with a call for innovation, not litigation, in the software industry.
		Kahn is participating in an ongoing discussion of intellectual property issues and the innovation in the software industry in the Starfish Forum on CompuServe (Go Starfish) as well as the Simplify home page on the World Wide Web (htp://www.simplify.com).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-16705158.html (498 words)

	Baby's arrival inspires birth of cellphone camera and societal evolution - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kahn's story of the origin of the cell-cam is kind of cute.
		By the time he was holding his newborn daughter, Kahn could use his jury-rigged contraption to take a digital photo and wirelessly post it for his friends and family.
		Kahn, who is working on a still-secret new company called Fullpower, altered society with his soldered-together contrivance.
	www.usatoday.com /money/industries/technology/maney/2007-01-23-kahn-cellphone-camera_x.htm?csp=34 (1005 words)

	The Ultimate Performance Cruiser - DLYP - Press Releases
		Kahn's personal fleet includes several Megabytes, a couple of Finn dinghies, two Melges 24s, and a 75-foot speedster, which he alternately keeps at either of two properties, one in Santa Cruz, CA, and the other near Honolulu, HI.
		But racing isn't Kahn's only on-the-water outlet, and cruising sailors might be interested to know that just about a year ago this racing devotee added a new, high-tech cruising boat to his impressive fleet.
		Kahn steers his new steed through the froth, protected by substantial freeboard and an ample cockpit coaming.
	bacweb.the-bac.edu /~jonathan.stone/UltimateCruiser.htm (2129 words)

	Wired 8.10: The Big Picture
		In 1995, shortly after building a $100 million campus for Borland, Kahn was ousted from his CEO post by the board and has been in exile ever since.
		To Kahn, nothing is outside the realm of imagination, because, in a world where anyone can instantly publish pictures on the Web, everyone becomes a photojournalist.
		Kahn says the next step is a Qualcomm-type model, where LightSurf gets a cut of every device sold.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/8.10/kahn.html (1139 words)

	Software's PHOENIX / Philippe Kahn has risen from the ashes of Borland, with the sale of his new company, Starfish ...
		Philippe Kahn has risen from the ashes of Borland, with the sale of his new company, Starfish Software, to Motorola
		On Tuesday, the 46-year-old French- born Kahn found himself in the media spotlight for the first time since the dark days when Borland was going down the tubes and the media was clamoring for his head.
		Kahn has dubbed Rex, which was introduced last year, as the first ``wearable computer.'' Manufactured by Citizen and marketed by Franklin Electronics, it sells for for $180 (including a docking cradle for a PC).
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/07/16/BU83392.DTL&type=printable (831 words)

	Philippe Kahn and Pegasus Racing, Racing Sailboats Worldwide : Transpac / Pacific Cup / Melges Worlds / Olympic Finn / ...
		Philippe Kahn rounded in third with Sean Scarborough fourth, Ireland's Maurice "Prof" O'Connell, helming for Enda O'Coineen fifth and Nick Maxwell in sixth.
		Behind Col, Pollard and the Kahns put on a great display battling for second place and at the line it was Philippe Kahn second, Pollard third and Shark Kahn fourth.
		The centre right seemed to be the sweet spot and at the windward mark Philippe Kahn headed the fleet from Flavio Favini, helming for Switzerland's Franco Rossini, Mike Dow, Norway's Jorgen Hege, Pollard and Kristian Nergaard, also from Norway.
	www.pegasus.com /news011904.htm (724 words)

	Philippe Kahn and the maverick software times \| Yald - Patrick Grote's Technology Notes
		Philippe started off playing the jazz saxophone, but moved to jazz flute due to a back issue.
		Philippe Kahn was the maverick software king of the 80s and early 90s.
		Philippe Kahn's attitude towards fighting the industry leaders was legendary, but he left Borland to go onto other companies.
	www.yald.com /philippe-kahn-and-the-maverick-software-times (719 words)

	Speed Freak - Yachting Magazine
		It is easy to understand why Philippe Kahn, named one of the 20 Most Important People in the history of the computer industry by BYTE magazine, might be pressed for time.
		After racing the Farr 40, Kahn asked that question again and soon there were Melges 24s, then 49ers all the way until Philippe Kahn, in his late 40s, began sailing what is considered one of the most competitive and physically grueling classes of boats, the singlehanded Finn.
		Kahn is notorious for working through the night, squeezing every minute he can into his business and his play.
	www.yachtingmagazine.com /yachting/life/peers/article/0,24579,1147742,00.html (2374 words)

	Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum to Honor Philippe Kahn for Decades of Innovation in Technology
		One of Philippe's earliest contributions is his work on the Micral computer, which he began at the age of 19.
		Philippe is a true pioneer of Silicon Valley, and continues to distinguish himself after 30 years of successful vision and leadership," said John C. Toole, executive director and CEO of the Computer History Museum.
		Philippe will share anecdotes from starting three successful technology companies, and will examine success factors for starting a new venture, building vision into reality, as well as methods for managing a growing and successful business.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/aw/Bca-lightsurf.RerW_DSN.html (851 words)

	Scuttlebutt News Center: Philippe Kahn - Leading Pegasus Racing Toward 2008 Olympics
		American Philippe Kahn has made his mark in sailing as much by his quick rise to victory lane as by his extensive training programs that have led him there.
		Kahn strongly believes that US Olympic sailing is getting left behind, unable to provide sufficient structure and funding to allow American sailors to keep pace internationally.
		Kahn sees his program as sailing’s equivalent to the Florida pro tennis camps, where it’s about younger athletes making a 100% commitment to their Olympic dreams.
	www.sailingscuttlebutt.com /news/04/pegasus (785 words)

	Philippe Kahn and Pegasus Racing, Racing Sailboats Worldwide : Transpac / Pacific Cup / Melges Worlds / Olympic Finn / ...
		Philippe is CEO of Fullpower Technologies, Inc. which he co-founded with Sonia Lee in 2003.
		In September 2003, Philippe was honored by the Computer History Museum for 3 decades of innovation.
		Philippe is also a trustee of the Lee-Kahn Foundation (www.lee-kahn.org).
	www.pegasusracing.com /team_philippe.htm (349 words)

	Borland: Kahn's C-mas CD promotes space exploration - Borland International Inc.'s Philippe Kahn Newsbytes News Network ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kahn says: "This new CD also has a serious worldwide message and that is the necessity of space exploration.
		The first, sent for the holidays last year, was "Pacific High." Recorded and produced by Kahn in 1990, Pacific High's theme focused on the contributions of the Silicon Valley and the Pacific Rim to global communications.
		Kahn obviously enjoys music and has used music and musicians playing together as a metaphor in explaining object-oriented programming.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1991_Dec_20/ai_11652030 (401 words)

	How the Pictures in Philippe Kahn's Head Become the Photos on Your Phone
		It was Silicon Valley that lured young Philippe Kahn away from teaching mathematics in France in 1982, at the age of 29.
		Kahn said there is a phased delay between when one gets an idea or expresses a plan and the transformation of that plan into a business that's appropriately timed to the market.
		For now, Kahn and company are enjoying their unfamiliar role as builders of platforms for the masses rather than for the narrow, technology-focused markets they were used to at Borland and Starfish.
	telephonyonline.com /wireless/mag/wireless_pictures_philippe_kahns/index.html (2513 words)

	Kahn forms new consumer software firm, 'Starfish,' while Borland intros 'Delphi.' (Philippe Kahn; Starfish Software; ...
		Philippe Kahn, the former president and CEO of straggling Borland International Inc., has announced a new software venture, Starfish Software.
		Kahn says the startup is focused on developing and marketing "a family of high-quality, simple but powerful PC tools" via the Internet.
		Kahn says starting out his new company with Sidekick is a big boost because it already has some 10 million users that Starfish will continue to support with future releases.
	www.allbusiness.com /technology/computer-networking/491271-1.html (588 words)

	CNN - Sailing the high-tech seas - July 12, 1999
		As of late Thursday Kahn's boat, the Pegasus, had completed two-thirds of the race and was in fourth place.
		Kahn took advantage of these to take a breather and answer my questions via e-mail and phone.
		Kahn also uses the Iridium pager, which is the only global pager that can connect from anywhere in the world.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9907/12/sailing.idg/index.html (786 words)

	Thinking outside the cube - Salon
		By 1982, Kahn had emigrated to the United States and used his programming experience to create Borland International (now Inprise), a pioneering software development tools company that was for a time one of the world's largest software companies.
		At Borland, Kahn waged a tough head-to-head battle with Microsoft that eventually led to Borland's near financial collapse and Kahn's resignation in 1994.
		Salon spoke with Kahn while he was in San Francisco preparing for a sailing race.
	dir.salon.com /story/tech/view/1999/09/27/kahn/index.html (671 words)

	Philippe Kahn to Keynote ImageScape 2000
		Kahn is no stranger to the leading edge of technology.
		He now heads LightSurf Technologies, where he is developing instant wireless digital photography technology to let consumers take pictures and beam them directly to the Internet for instant sharing of images around the world.
		Kahn is also involved in funding and advising multiple exciting new ventures in Silicon Valley while maintaining his roles as CEO of LightSurf, Starfish and technology advisor to the office of the CEO at Motorola.
	www.capv.com /public/Content/Press/2000/02.09.2000.b.html (584 words)

	Pegasus Racing - Philippe Kahn - EAT MY WAKE!
		Kahn himself became a karate champion at age 16.
		Kahn spends $1 million to $2 million a year hiring sailors to coach himself and Shark, while also bankrolling those sailors' Olympic campaigns.
		The software entrepreneur and his wife were each the first in their families to finish high school, let alone go to college, so they don't have outsize academic dreams for Shark.
	www.pegasus.com /news050222.htm (719 words)

	Philippe Kahn CEO at Fullpower Technologies
		LightSurf is the worldwide leader for MMS solutions and services, successfully acquired by Verisign for $300+M. Notably Philippe built LightSurf on retained earnings, without need to raise venture capital.
		Philippe was honored for 3 decades of innovation.
		Philippe Kahn is author of dozens of patents and associated with core innovations such as:
	www.fullpower.com /pk (413 words)

	Philippe Kahn : Walkin' on the Moon - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A case in point is Philippe Kahn, who has founded several successful technology companies, raced sailboats at the highest competitive levels, and also recorded this jazz album featuring his original compositions and flute playing.
		Kahn is a good if not brilliant player, with fine tone and some excellent ideas about combining South American and chamber jazz.
		Cynics might point to the stellar jazz talent involved in this project and claim that Kahn bought himself a great band, but even a cursory listen shows that he is not out of place in this company.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,256676,00.html (371 words)

	CRN \|Phillipe Kahn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many industry watchers contrast Kahn, and other PC software pioneers of the 1980s and 1990s, with today's crop of decidedly less colorful individuals coming out of business schools in droves looking to make a quick fortune off the Internet.
		"Philippe's greatest contribution is radical guerrilla marketing," said Sheldon Laube, chairman of CenterBeam Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. "The fact that he sold his compiler for $49 through the mail was amazing [at the time].
		But for all his outside interests, Kahn was much more hands-on than many at his level.
	www.crn.com /sections/special/hof/hof.jhtml?ArticleID=11159 (1181 words)

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