Rob Glaser

Robert Denis Glaser, known as Rob Glaser and born on 16 January 1962, is a technology entrepreneur and the founder of RealNetworks, whose products include RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer and Helix. He graduated from Yale University in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's degree in economics, then worked at Microsoft for about ten years from 1984. In 1994 he founded Progressive Networks, which became RealNetworks in 1997, and he served as its chief executive until 2010. Since June 2010 he has been a partner at the venture firm Accel Partners, focusing on digital media, social media and mobile services investments. He returned to RealNetworks as interim chief executive in 2012 and resumed the official title in 2014, and in 2020 he put 10 million dollars of his own money into the company. He also founded the Access Project and the Glaser Progress Foundation.