Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Harold D. Prewitt, Jr (Hal) (born October 1, 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.) is a Race car driver, American businessman, inventor of personal computer products and early pioneer in the personal computer revolution. He resides in South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida) and Park City, Utah.Prewitt competes in professional and occasionally in amateur race events and has driven in more than 150 Endurance racing (motorsport) or sprint races worldwide. He is a regular competitor in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and at major international FIA road races. These include the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours Nürburgring, Dubai 24 Hour, 24 Hours of Barcelona, Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour and major races held at road course race tracks all over the world.In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the early creators of personal computer products, developing popular software and hardware while helping build a new industry. This was the period during which the microcomputer was developed, the Altair 8800 was launched and Microsoft and Apple Computer were founded. He provided consulting services to IBM in the years just prior to the introduction of their first personal computer and is credited with inventing hard disk drives and a local area network for their first portable and desktop series computers.Skilled in computer programming and engineering, Prewitt founded and managed a number of technology firms. The largest and best known was Core International, Inc, a developer of disk array, computer data storage and backup products. Prewitt was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1993 when the company was sold to Sony.Prewitt is the Managing Member of Prewitt Enterprises, LLC, a Florida-based Agricultural and investment business. The agricultural part of the business grows oranges and at its peak produced more than 1.5 million half gallon cartons of orange juice with much of it used in Tropicana's Pure Premium.. }
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- Hal_Prewitt abstract "Harold D. Prewitt, Jr (Hal) (born October 1, 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.) is a Race car driver, American businessman, inventor of personal computer products and early pioneer in the personal computer revolution. He resides in South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida) and Park City, Utah.Prewitt competes in professional and occasionally in amateur race events and has driven in more than 150 Endurance racing (motorsport) or sprint races worldwide. He is a regular competitor in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and at major international FIA road races. These include the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours Nürburgring, Dubai 24 Hour, 24 Hours of Barcelona, Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour and major races held at road course race tracks all over the world.In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the early creators of personal computer products, developing popular software and hardware while helping build a new industry. This was the period during which the microcomputer was developed, the Altair 8800 was launched and Microsoft and Apple Computer were founded. He provided consulting services to IBM in the years just prior to the introduction of their first personal computer and is credited with inventing hard disk drives and a local area network for their first portable and desktop series computers.Skilled in computer programming and engineering, Prewitt founded and managed a number of technology firms. The largest and best known was Core International, Inc, a developer of disk array, computer data storage and backup products. Prewitt was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1993 when the company was sold to Sony.Prewitt is the Managing Member of Prewitt Enterprises, LLC, a Florida-based Agricultural and investment business. The agricultural part of the business grows oranges and at its peak produced more than 1.5 million half gallon cartons of orange juice with much of it used in Tropicana's Pure Premium.".