Tony Ridder and Peter Currie Elected to Sun Microsystems' Board of Directors
fyi to all you Sun watchers out there. The following release just hit the wire...
TONY RIDDER AND PETER CURRIE ELECTED TO SUN MICROSYSTEMS'
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- November 6, 2006 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced that Tony Ridder and Peter Currie have
been elected to the company's board of directors. Ridder, a chief
executive in the newspaper and internet publishing industry for over
40 years, will join Sun's Leadership Development and Compensation
Committee and Currie, a 28-year corporate finance veteran, will join
Sun's Audit Committee.
“As Sun continues to define the future of network computing, we have
added two industry thought leaders to our board. Tony Ridder and Peter
Currie each bring a unique perspective in publishing, internet
economics, corporate governance and finance to Sun's corporate board.
We are proud to welcome them to our leadership roster during this
important time of growth and development in our business,” said
Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Ridder is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Knight
Ridder. He was named chairman and CEO of Knight Ridder in 1995, served
as company president beginning in 1989 and joined the corporate staff
as president of the Newspaper Division in 1986. Ridder began his
career with Knight Ridder when he joined the American News in
Aberdeen, S.D., in 1962. Ridder serves on the advisory board of the
Center for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University, is a
trustee of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and is a past chairman
of the Newspaper Association of America.
Ridder also currently serves on the Board of Directors of The
McClatchy Company, the second-largest newspaper company in the United
States. Ridder holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the
University of Michigan.
Currie is president of Currie Capital LLC. In addition to becoming a
member of Sun's board of directors, Currie also serves on the boards
of CNET and Safeco and sits on the audit committees of both companies.
Currie was formerly executive vice president and chief financial
officer of both Netscape and McCaw Cellular. Currie holds a bachelor's
degree in economics from Williams College and a master's degree in
business administration from Stanford University.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun
in the development of technologies that power the world's most
important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building
communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the
Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on
the Web at sun.com.
Posted at
03:48PM Nov 06, 2006
by Catherine Helzerman in Sun |
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