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Pierluigi Zappacosta

Co-Chairman of the Board

Pierluigi Zappacosta was granted an MS in Computer Science from Stanford in 1978. In 1981, he co-founded Logitech, the leading maker of mice and other personal interface products that enable people to work, play and communicate in the digital world and over a period of 17 years filled various roles including President & CEO. He was instrumental in taking the company public in Switzerland in 1988 and on NASDAQ in 1997, raising a total of $60 million. By the time Mr. Zappacosta left in 1998, sales of Logitech had risen to over $400 million per year. He is also a Director of a number of private companies.