Who Founded Seagate?

Alan Shugart co-founded Shugart Technology in 1979, renamed Seagate Technology after a trademark objection from Xerox, which owned Shugart Associates. Seagate's ST-506 of 1980 was the first 5.25-inch hard drive for microcomputers. Shugart led Seagate as chief executive until 1998 and died in 2006.

Alan Shugart was born in 1930 in Los Angeles. Education: University of Redlands.

Finis Conner was one of Seagate's five co-founders and worked on the commercial side of the young company. He left in the mid-1980s and founded Conner Peripherals in 1985. Seagate merged with Conner Peripherals in 1996, bringing the two founders back into one company.

Finis Conner was born in 1943 in Gadsden.

Conner was born on July 28, 1943. He also co-founded Shugart Associates and Conner Peripherals.

Doug Mahon co-founded Seagate Technology in 1979. Bringing absolutely critical electrical engineering expertise to the founding team, he helped design the internal circuitry for the legendary ST-506, the world's very first 5.25-inch hard disk drive, which completely revolutionized the early microcomputer industry. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

Syed Iftikar co-founded Seagate Technology in 1979 alongside Al Shugart and Finis Conner. As a brilliant mechanical engineer, he played an absolutely vital role in miniaturizing the incredibly complex, highly fragile physical components required to fit a functioning hard drive into a small 5.25-inch form factor. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

Tom Mitchell is credited as one of Seagate's five co-founders and served in senior operating roles in the company's early years, when Seagate shifted volume manufacturing to Southeast Asia to lower costs. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).