11 Facts About Phil Goldman

1.

Phillip York Goldman was an American software engineer and entrepreneur.

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2.

Phil Goldman was a Macintosh software engineer at Apple Inc, and was best known for co-founding WebTV.

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3.

Phillip York Goldman was born July 17,1964 in California.

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4.

Phil Goldman graduated first in his engineering class, Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University in 1986, in a class that included Jeff Bezos and David Hitz, founder of NetApp.

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5.

Phil Goldman served as chair of Princeton's Computer Science Advisory Council, and in 1998, Goldman donated $2 million to his alma mater to endow a chair, becoming the youngest alumnus ever to do so.

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6.

All three eventually left Apple, Perlman founding Replay Networks, Phil Goldman going to General Magic, and Bruce founding Rocket Science Games.

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7.

Phil Goldman left in 2002 to found MailBlocks, Inc, an e-mail provider using whitelisting to fight spam.

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8.

Phil Goldman tried to build a Jack in the Box restaurant near his office in Los Altos, California, but the city refused him permission.

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9.

Phil Goldman served as a director of BraveKids, a charity that uses the internet to provide information and support for families of children with serious illnesses.

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10.

Phil Goldman died on December 26,2003, at the age 39 at his home in Los Altos Hills, California.

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11.

Phil Goldman is buried at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California.

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