Founder Profile
Finis Conner
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Finis Conner?
Finis Conner is a founder of Seagate Technology Holdings plc, which was founded in 1979 with Alan Shugart, Doug Mahon, Syed Iftikar and Tom Mitchell.
- Company founded
- Seagate Technology Holdings plc
- Founded
- 1979
- Co-founders
- Alan Shugart, Doug Mahon, Syed Iftikar and Tom Mitchell
Background
Disk-drive industry executive with a sales and business background who had worked with Alan Shugart before 1979.
Founding Story
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.