Ted Waitt Biography

Ted Waitt, the creator, former chairman, and CEO of Gateway, Inc., played a crucial role in revolutionizing how people utilize technology for their daily lives, jobs, and leisure activities. Avalon Capital Group, Inc., a wholly-owned, billion-dollar private investment company with diverse interests in technology, health care, finance, and real estate, and the Waitt Family Foundation and Institutes, nonprofit institutions committed to advancing human knowledge through historical and scientific exploration, are the two businesses that are his main interests. He has since been dubbed a maverick by national business publications. According to Business Week, Ted has elevated himself to among the top 50 donors in the country thanks to the Waitt Family Foundation. The Foundation and its affiliated Institutions support collaborations and initiatives that advance human knowledge via historical and scientific inquiry to better understand human history. Since it was founded in 1993, the Foundation has prioritized community improvement and domestic violence prevention because it understands that fostering healthier families and societies will contribute to the realization of a better world. The Foundation has been able to widen its program interests to the worldwide community thanks to the Waitt Institutes, which were established in 2005 and include the Waitt Institute for Discovery and the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention. One of the initiatives Waitt supports in the drive to end domestic abuse is the Founding Fathers campaign of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, which he chairs. Waitt has served on various corporate and nonprofit boards of directors, including the Advisory Council of the National Geographic Society and as a board member of the Jonas Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Congress named him to the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce.

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