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CNET News.com: [2nd and 3rd Red Hat Billionaires]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 11, 1999

[ Red Hat’s rising stock price has pushed two more investors
over the paper-billionaire line–just a brief mention in “The week
in review: Viacom, CBS in titanic merger” – LT ed. ]

“Leading investor Frank Batten Jr has seen his 15 million shares
rise in value well over the magic number, while founder and chief
technical officer Marc Ewing and CEO Robert Young also topped the
mark as the company’s stock finished the week near $120.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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