From open source database guru to resident entrepreneur
Published: 1 October 2009 15:20 GMT
Marten Mickos, the one-time chief executive of MySQL who left about a year after Sun Microsystems acquired the open source database company, has joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur in residence.
Mickos said in a Tuesday tweet on Twitter: "Why I like @benchmark: They consistently ask 'What's best for the entrepreneur?' and they think big."
The admiration is mutual. Benchmark said on its website: "Marten Mickos builds global disruptive businesses. As CEO of MySQL AB for seven years, Mickos grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largest open-source company in the world."
Mickos joined MySQL in 2001, stayed through Sun's 2008 acquisition, and left earlier this year. Mickos is also on the board of cloud computing start-up RightScale and Thunderbird email software backer Mozilla Messaging.
Original article: Former MySQL CEO Mickos joins Benchmark from CNET News.com
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