Jack Tramiel, born Idek Trzmiel, lived from December 13, 1928 to April 8, 2012 and was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The PET, the VIC-20 and the Commodore 64 were among the home computers produced while he was running the company. He later formed Atari Corporation after purchasing the remnants of the original Atari, Inc. from its parent company. He was one of six people spotlighted when the computer was named Machine of the Year by Time magazine in 1982.
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Jack Tramiel (, trə-MEL; born Idek Trzmiel, Polish pronunciation: [ˈidɛk ˈtʂmjɛl]; December 13, 1928, April 8, 2012) was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International.
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