Larry Augustin
Larry Augustin | |
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| Born | October 10, 1962 Near Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Technology executive, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of VA Software (Geeknet), former CEO of SugarCRM, former vice president at Amazon Web Services |
Larry Augustin (born October 10, 1962) is a former Amazon Web Services vice president and ex-chairman of SugarCRM. He established VA Software, which is now known as Geeknet, and became a paper billionaire at age 38 during the dot-com bubble. Augustin appears in the 2001 documentary Revolution OS.
Early life and education
Raised near Dayton, Ohio, Augustin spent part of his childhood on a family farm in New Hampshire. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and completed a master's degree at Stanford University under a Bell Labs fellowship. After a short tenure at Bell Labs, he returned to Stanford to pursue doctoral studies.
Career
In 1993, while pursuing his Ph.D. at Stanford, Augustin founded VA Research, which later became VA Linux and is currently known as Geeknet. Introduced to Sequoia Capital through Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo, he successfully acquired venture capital investment. In November 1999, he introduced SourceForge, a platform designed for collaborative software development.
VA Linux went public on December 9, 1999, amid the dot-com boom, resulting in Augustin becoming a paper billionaire at age 38. He departed from VA Linux in August 2002 and subsequently joined Azure Capital Partners as a partner until December 2004, where he played a role in investments including Zend Technologies and Medsphere.
Augustin joined the board of SugarCRM in 2005 and was appointed CEO in May 2009. He held the CEO position until February 2019, after which he continued as chairman. In July 2019, he took on the role of vice president at Amazon Web Services, leaving the company in 2021.
Personal life
After work, Augustin maintains a routine of daily exercise. He is married and has a daughter born in 1997.
External links
Interviews
- Audio interview on FLOSS Weekly
- Interview on Slashdot
- Interview on Linux Journal
- Interview on Small Business Trends