Dr. Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe fathered the Internet -- just kidding, Vint -- starting in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Xerox PARC. He invented Ethernet in 1973 and founded 3Com Corporation in 1979. He is vice president of technology at the International Data Group and has written his weekly InfoWorld column since 1992. "Bob Metcalfe is a unique American inventor and entrepreneur who also turns out to be a supreme wit and gifted author." -- George Gilder

Bob Metcalfe fathered the Internet -- just kidding, Vint -- starting in 1970 at MIT, Harvard, and Xerox PARC. He invented Ethernet in 1973 and founded 3Com Corporation in 1979. He is vice president of technology at the International Data Group and has written his weekly InfoWorld column since 1992. "Bob Metcalfe is a unique American inventor and entrepreneur who also turns out to be a supreme wit and gifted author." -- George Gilder See less