Wikipedia's first sentence called it “entrepreneur and philanthropist”. Today it says “american businessman”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Gartner (born 1935) is an entrepreneur and philanthropist , best known as the founder of Gartner , an information technology (IT) research and advisory company.1He has been described as the patriarch of the IT industry analyst business, due to widespread adoption of the innovations he incorporated into Gartner as a second-generation information business. He has continued to champion information industry innovations, first through two other companies he founded—GiGa Information Group (now part of Forrester Research ) and SoundView Technologies (now part of UBS AG )—and today, as an advisor to young technology companies.2
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Gartner (born 1935) is the founder of Gartner , Inc.(formerly Gartner Group Inc. until 2001) a Stamford, Connecticut information technology (IT) research and advisory company.
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American businessman (1935–2020) Not to be confused with Gideon Gardner .Gideon Isaiah Gartner (March 13, 1935 – December 12, 2020) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.He was often referred to as the father of the modern analyst industry .He is best known as the founder of Gartner, Inc .(formerly Gartner Group Inc.) a Stamford, Connecticut information technology (IT) research and advisory company.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American businessman (1935–2020) Not to be confused with Gideon Gardner . Gideon Isaiah Gartner ( Hebrew : גדעון גרטנר ; March 13, 1935 – December 12, 2020) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was often referred to as the father of the modern analyst industry . He is best known as the founder of Gartner, Inc . (formerly Gartner Group Inc.) a Stamford, Connecticut information technology (IT) research and advisory company.
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entrepreneur and philanthropist
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american businessman
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