Austin McChord
Austin McChord | |
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McChord in 2018 | |
| Born | October 8, 1985 Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Newtown High School |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology (BS) |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive, software engineer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Employer | Datto (founder) |
| Board member of | RIT Board of Trustees |
| Website | Profile on Datto |
Austin McChord (born October 8, 1985) is an American businessman and computer engineer. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Datto, a data backup company he founded in 2007. By 2015 Datto had a "purported valuation of $1 billion," making it the only "unicorn" company in the state of Connecticut. In December 2017 Datto was sold to Vista Equity Partners for around $1.5 billion and merged with Autotask, with McChord appointed CEO of the combined company. Named to Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list of leaders in enterprise technology in 2015, he is a periodic author for publications such as Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and TechCrunch.