ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JIM WHITEHURST is president and chief executive officer of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source enterprise IT products and services. With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has proven expertise in helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging economic and business environments. Since joining Red Hat in 2008, Whitehurst has grown the company, and its influence in a variety of industries, by reaching key milestones—the most notable in 2012 when Red Hat became the first $1 billion revenue open source software company.

Under Whitehurst’s leadership, Red Hat has been recognized on Forbes’s “Fastest-Growing Technology Companies” list in 2011, ranked seventh on ...

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