Dan Kohn

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Dan Kohn
Born(1972-11-20)November 20, 1972
DiedNovember 1, 2020(2020-11-01) (aged 47)
Nationality United States
Alma materSwarthmore College (1994)
Phillips Exeter Academy (1990)
EmployerLinux Foundation
Known forFirst secure commercial transaction on the web
TitleGeneral Manager, LF Public Health
MovementOpen Source
Websitewww.dankohn.com

Dan Kohn (November 20, 1972 – November 1, 2020) was an American businessman and nonprofit executive. He led the Linux Foundation’s Public Health initiative.[1]

He was formerly the executive director at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).[2][3] He was the founder of NetMarket, which he founded in 1994.[4]

Kohn died of problems caused by colon cancer on November 1, 2020 at the age of 47.[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Priyanka Sharma takes over the leadership of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. "CNCF Names Kohn as Executive Director". Light Reading. June 3, 2016. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  3. Darrow, Barb (August 9, 2017). "Amazon Joins Google, Goldman Sachs, and Twitter in This Cloud Foundation". Fortune. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  4. Gilbert, Alorie. "E-commerce turns 10". CNET. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "An Open Source Leader Is Gone, a Remembrance of Dan Kohn". The New Stack. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-02.