Alan Trefler
| Alan N. Trefler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 10, 1956 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Occupation | Business executive, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Employer | Pegasystems (CEO, founder) |
| Home town | Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Board member of | Pegasystems |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Trefler |
| Awards | Stevie Award - Software CEO of the Year (2009) |
| Website | Official Profile |
Alan N. Trefler (born March 10, 1956) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and chess master best known as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Pegasystems, a multinational software company he founded in 1983. Prior to Pegasystems, in 1975 Trefler tied for first place in the World Open Chess Championship with grandmaster Pal Benko, afterwards working as a software engineer for Casher Associates and TMI Systems. Founding Pegasystems at the age of 27, the company went public in 1996, with Trefler remaining clerk and president until 1999 and afterwards becoming CEO. With a 52 percent ownership stake in Pegasystems, his net worth surpassed $1 billion in 2013 and in March 2017 he appeared on the Forbes Billionaire’s List for the first time. In 2014 he authored the book Build for Change, which addresses changing consumer markets. Involved in philanthropy, in 1997 he established the Trefler Foundation.
Alan Trefler was born in 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts to Eric and Dorothy Trefler. Trefler was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts with his brother Leon. His mother, a daughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe, worked as a schoolteacher. His father, a Holocaust survivor who came to the United States from Poland after World War II, owned and operated Trefler's, a restorer of art and furniture. Working at his family's store while young and starting to play chess around the age of seven, Trefler would later become high school chess champion of Massachusetts and win various regional competitions. He graduated from Brookline High School in 1973. Trefler went on to Dartmouth College, where he studied economics and computer science and remained active in chess. At the age of 19, in 1975 he tied for first place in the World Open Chess Championship in New York with grandmaster Pal Benko. Also at Dartmouth, he was the winner of the John G. Kemeny prize in computing. He graduated with a B.S. in 1977.
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