Donna Dubinsky (born July 4, 1955(1955-07-04)) is a businesswoman who played an integral role in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs) serving as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founding Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in 1995.
Fortune nominated her, together with Hawkins, to the Innovators Hall of Fame, while TIME named the pair as part of its Digital 50 in 1999 for their contribution to the development of the PDA.
From a Jewish background...
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Donna Dubinsky (born July 4, 1955(1955-07-04)) is a businesswoman who played an integral role in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs) serving as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founding Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in 1995.
Fortune nominated her, together with Hawkins, to the Innovators Hall of Fame, while TIME named the pair as part of its Digital 50 in 1999 for their contribution to the development of the PDA.
From a Jewish background, Dubinsky grew up in midwest Michigan, where her father worked as a scrap dealer. She went to a high school where armed guards had to keep order but eventually ended up going to Yale University where, as a student in Jonathan Edwards College, she majored in history and earned her bachelor's degree in 1977. Dubinsky then worked for the Philadelphia National Bank for a while before obtaining an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981.
After graduating from Harvard Business School, she went to Apple Computer where she started work as a customer...
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