Founder Profile
Ward Parkinson
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Ward Parkinson?
Ward Parkinson is a founder of Micron Technology, Inc., which was founded in 1978 with Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson and Doug Pitman.
- Company founded
- Micron Technology, Inc.
- Founded
- 1978
- Co-founders
- Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson and Doug Pitman
Background
Engineer who previously worked at Mostek designing early semiconductor memory chips.
Founding Story
Ward Parkinson co-founded Micron Technology in 1978 alongside his brother Joe, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman. After failing to secure consulting contracts, he pushed the company to manufacture its own 64K DRAM chips. His engineering leadership allowed Micron to survive the brutal Japanese memory dumping of the 1980s by producing smaller, highly efficient chips. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Micron FY2025 Form 10-K (Micron Technology, Inc.)
- Micron FY2026 results press release (Micron Technology, Inc.)