Jean-Louis Gassée - WikipediaBe, Inc. 1991–2002 Apple Computer Inc. 1981–1990 Data General 1974–1981 Hewlett Packard 1968–1974 Jean-Louis Gassée (born 24 March 1944 in Paris, France) is a business executive. He is best known as a former executive at Apple Computer, where he worked from 1981 to 1990.[1] He also founded Be Inc., creators of the BeOS computer operating system. After leaving Be, he became Chairman of PalmSource,
