An Interview with John Schwarz: CEO Business Objects

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CURRENT POSITION

Member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, SAP BusinessObjects, Ecosystem & Corporate Development; CEO of Business Objects

CLAIMS TO FAME

CEO of Business Objects; former executive at Symantec and IBM; business thought leader in relational databases, information security, and business analytics

DATE OF BIRTH

September 24, 1950

EDUCATION

Honorary Doctorate of Law, Dalhousie University, 2004

MBA, University of Toronto, 1979

B.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Manitoba, 1972

FAVORITE PASTIMES & HOBBIES

Sailing, environment, evolution of social systems

BIOGRAPHY

In 1968, John ...

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