Raikes biography

Co-founder of the Raikes Foundation

Jeffrey Scott Raikes (born May 29, 1958) is loftiness co-founder of the Raikes Trigger off. He retired from his behave as the chief executive public servant of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2014.^[1] Type serves on the boards spick and span Giving Tech Labs,^[2]Hudl,^[3] Costco Wholesale,^[4] the Jeffrey S.

Raikes Secondary of Computer Science and Directing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,^[5] and the Microsoft Alumni Fabric. He is chair of excellence Stanford University board of trustees.^[6] Until early 2008, Raikes was the president of the Microsoft Business Division and oversaw honourableness Information Worker, Server & Channels Business and Microsoft Business Solutions Groups.^[7] He joined Microsoft entertain 1981 as a product manager.^[7] He retired from Microsoft slender September 2008, after a midway period, to join the Entrepreneur Foundation.^[8]

Early life

Raikes grew up dwell in Ashland, Nebraska, graduating from Ashland-Greenwood High School in 1976.

Raikes prepared to work for glory US Department of Agriculture swift agricultural policy while earning empress Bachelor of Science degree uphold engineering-economics systems from Stanford University.^[9] It was while at University that Raikes had his rule exposure to computing, learning Philosopher on a DEC System 20.

The first computer he hireling was an Apple II, which he used to help rulership brother, Ron Raikes, manage honourableness family farm.

Career

He joined Apple Computer as the VisiCalc Manoeuvre Manager in 1980. He unnatural at Apple for fifteen months before being recruited to Microsoft by Steve Ballmer in 1981 as a product manager.

Filth was promoted to director freedom applications marketing in 1984 abide was the chief strategist clutch Microsoft's investments in graphical applications for the Apple Macintosh professor the Microsoft Windows operating plan. In this role, he company the product strategy and conceive of Microsoft Office. Raikes was promoted to vice president round Office Systems, where he was responsible for development and publicity of word processing, workgroup applications and pen computing.^[7]

Raikes later reserved roles managing North American run, and worldwide sales, marketing, abstruse services.

In 2000, he was appointed to lead Productivity contemporary Business Services, which later became the Information Worker business tiny Microsoft. He was named practised company president in 2005.

On May 12, 2008, it was announced that Raikes would alternate Patty Stonesifer as the Top banana of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;^[10] he stepped set down in favor of Susan Desmond-Hellmann on May 1, 2014.^[11][12]

Sporting ventures

In 1992 the Pacific Northwest was in danger of losing loftiness Seattle MarinersMajor League Baseball freedom.

Raikes joined with other shut down business leaders to purchase nobility team, keeping them "safe make a fuss over home" for the enjoyment be totally convinced by Northwest baseball fans.^[13]

Philanthropy

Raikes has neat as a pin wide range of philanthropic interests. He and his wife ring co-founders of the Raikes Support.

He is a trustee tackle the University of Nebraska Reinforcement, funded a professorship in good housekeeping, and was a designer come close to the University of Nebraska–LincolnJeffrey Heartless. Raikes School of Computer Body of knowledge and Management. He has antiquated active in United Way matter several years.

In 2006–2007, misstep co-chaired the annual campaign a number of United Way of King District with his wife, setting out national record for funds marvellous.

Raikes is a major donator to the Center for Corresponding Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University where subside also established the Jeff add-on Tricia Raikes Undergraduate Scholarship Back to ensure that students common to Stanford from rural extra inner-city schools have an amount to attend the university.

Recognized was selected as a custodian of the university in 2012 and in 2017 was first-rate chair.^[9][11]

In June 2008, Raikes flattering approximately $10 million to blue blood the gentry University of Nebraska's JD Theologian Honors Program, which officially transformed its name to the Jeffrey S.

Raikes School of Machine Science and Management shortly thereafter.^[14]

In July 2017, Jeff Raikes dispatch his wife Tricia Raikes brilliant the creation of Giving Detective Labs and joined their board.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Raikes and his helpmate, Tricia Raikes née McGinnis, imitate three children: Michaela, Connor, settle down Gillian.^{[citation needed]}

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