Lotus Software Pioneer Mitch Kapor Born
He wrote Lotus 1-2-3 on a plane. Literally. Kapor sketched the core concept for what became the bestselling software of the early PC era during a flight, and within two years it had made him $70 million. But here's the twist: he walked away. Sold Lotus in 1987, then co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation to fight for digital civil liberties — because he'd seen what unchecked tech power actually looked like from the inside. The spreadsheet that built corporate America helped fund the lawyers protecting your internet rights today.
November 1, 1950
76 years ago
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