Edward Botwinick Explained

Edward Botwinick
Nationality:American
Education:Columbia University (BA, BS)
Occupation:IT Entrepreneur, investor
Employer:Unisys
Known For:Founding Timeplex
Relatives:James Wolfensohn (brother-in-law)

Edward Botwinick is an American businessman, investor, and IT industry entrepreneur.[1]

Biography

Botwinick graduated from Columbia College with a BA in 1956 and the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science with a BS in 1958.[2]

Upon graduating from Columbia, Botwinick worked for US Semiconductor Corporation before co-founding Silicon Transistor Corporation. After the company went public, it was acquired in 1963. From 1963 to 1967, Botwinick was president and a shareholder Quantum Inc. He then joined Goldman Sachs as Vice President of high-tech investment research and venture capital.[3]

At Goldman, Botwinick, he learned of the opportunity to invest in American Data Systems, the company behind Time-division multipliers. He then invested, and co-founded Timeplex and became Chairman and CEO of the company in 1977.[4] [5] In the next few years, he led the company to launch a number of successful statistical multiplexer products, including the T-1 multiplexers, and made it one of the first companies to use microprocessors in its systems.[6] [7]

In 1987, Unisys acquired Timeplex for $307 million and Botwinick became Senior Vice President of Unisys and President of Unisys Networks.[8] [9] He retired from Unisys in 1989.[10]

Botwinick sat on the board of Duke Cancer Institute and Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, and was a trustee of Columbia University.[2] He currently serves as a president of the Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation.[11] [12]

Personal life and family

Botwinick's father was Benjamin Botwinick, businessman and philanthropist who founded Benjamin Botwinick & Co., a New York City accounting firm.[13] His sister, Elaine Botwinick, was married to World Bank president James Wolfensohn.[14] [15]

References

  1. Book: Botwinick, Edward interview . 1988-03-10 . Computer History Museum . Edward Botwinick, James L. Pelkey . Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
  2. Book: Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development . Columbia College today . Columbia College (Columbia University) . 1988 . New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development . Columbia University Libraries.
  3. Book: Pelkey . James L. . Circuits, Packets, and Protocols: Entrepreneurs and Computer Communications, 1968-1988 . Russell . Andrew L. . Robbins . Loring G. . 2022-04-19 . Morgan & Claypool . 978-1-4503-9729-2 . en.
  4. Web site: Timeplex History of Computer Communications . 2022-06-29 . historyofcomputercommunications.info.
  5. Book: Computerworld . 1981-02-23 . International Data Group.
  6. Book: Network World . 1986-11-10 . IDG Network World Inc . en.
  7. Web site: Columbia Engineering Magazine - Spring 2012 by Columbia Engineering School - Issuu . 2022-06-29 . issuu.com . 7 March 2012 . en.
  8. Web site: 1988-02-15 . TIMEPLEX-CENTRED UNISYS NETWORKS WILL LEAD BIDS FOR CORPORATE NETWORK SALES . 2022-06-29 . Tech Monitor . en-US.
  9. Book: Enterprise, I. D. G. . Computerworld . 1988-02-08 . IDG Enterprise . en.
  10. News: 1989-02-16 . EXECUTIVE CHANGES . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-29 . 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: Roberts . Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon . 2013-05-09 . Botwinick Wolfensohn Foundation Inc - Nonprofit Explorer . 2022-06-29 . ProPublica . en.
  12. Web site: The Trustees Emeriti Office of the Secretary . 2022-06-29 . secretary.columbia.edu.
  13. Web site: School . Columbia Business . 2017-06-12 . About Benjamin Botwinick '26 . 2022-06-29 . The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics . en.
  14. Web site: Elaine Wolfensohn Albright Institute . 2022-06-29 . www.wellesley.edu.
  15. News: Hershey . Robert D. Jr. . 2020-11-26 . James D. Wolfensohn, Who Led the World Bank for 10 Years, Dies at 86 . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-29 . 0362-4331.