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Founder of Xircom, sold to Intel for $748 million
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Dirk I. Gates was born in Fort Wayne on June 25, 1961. His Fort Wayne tie is his birth: he was educated in California, taking a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at California State University, Northridge, in 1983 and an M.B.A. at Pepperdine University in 1990. In 1988 he co-founded Xircom, maker of the first Ethernet pocket adapter and of the RealPort line of PC cards; he served as its president from 1988, chief executive from 1991, and chairman from 1995. In March 2001 Intel bought Xircom for $748 million. Gates went on to found the wireless company Xirrus and holds thirty-two networking patents; he was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Los Angeles region.
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Sources: World Biographical Encyclopedia (Prabook); No Jitter (author biography).