John Chen

John Chen

Director/Board Member at San Francisco Symphony

Net worth: 25 M $ as of 2024-02-28

68 year
Technology Services
Consumer Services
Finance

Profile

John S. Chen is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies and presently is Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for BlackBerry Ltd. He is also on the board of California Institute of Technology, San Francisco Symphony (former Trustee), The First Tee and National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc. and Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. In his past career Mr. Chen was General Manager for Unisys Corp. and Vice President & General Manager at Burroughs Corp. (a subsidiary of Unisys Corp.), Member of President's Export Council, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Sybase, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Pyramid Information Systems, Inc., President & Chief Operating Officer for Pyramid Technology Corp., President-Open Enterprise Computing Division at Siemens Nixdorf and Member of Committee of 100. Mr. Chen received an undergraduate degree from Brown University and a graduate degree from California Institute of Technology.

Known holdings in public companies

CompanyDateNumber of sharesValuationValuation date
2023-11-02 8,893,527 ( 1.52% ) 25 M $ 2024-02-28

John Chen active positions

CompaniesPositionStart
Director/Board Member 2011-02-13
Corporate Officer/Principal -
Director/Board Member 2011-12-31
National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc. Director/Board Member 2011-12-31
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Former positions of John Chen

CompaniesPositionEnd
BLACKBERRY LIMITED Chief Executive Officer 2023-11-03
Director/Board Member 2021-12-31
WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) Director/Board Member 2019-03-07
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY Director/Board Member 2018-04-23
AVAYA INC. Director/Board Member 2013-11-10
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Training of John Chen

Brown University Undergraduate Degree
California Institute of Technology Graduate Degree

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Connections

100 +

1st degree connections

23

1st degree companies

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Linked companies

Listed companies4
WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE)

Consumer Services

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

Finance

UNISYS CORPORATION

Technology Services

BLACKBERRY LIMITED

Technology Services

Private companies17

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Electronic Technology

Technology Services

Technology Services

Technology Services

Technology Services

Burroughs Corp.

Consumer Durables

Electronic Technology

Producer Manufacturing

Miscellaneous

Consumer Services

Miscellaneous

President's Export Council

Government

Commercial Services

Technology Services

National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc.

Siemens Pyramid Information Systems, Inc.

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