Gideon Gartner
| Gideon Gartner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 Israel |
| Residence | Aspen, Colorado and Stamford, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB) MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) |
| Known for | Founding Gartner, SoundView Technology Group |
Gideon I. 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.
Gartner was born in Israel and grew up in New York City. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956 with a BSME. He graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1960 with a Master's degree.
Gartner began his career in the computer business. At IBM, he was Manager of Market Information in its Data Processing Division, and Systems Engineering Manager and Systems Engineer in IBM World Trade Corporation. He also worked for Philco Corporation in its Computer Division, and for System Development Corporation, working on two U.S. government large system contracts: SACCS (Strategic Air Command and Control System), and DCA (Defense Communication Agency Control System).
In the years leading up to the formation of Gartner Group, Gartner was a partner at Oppenheimer & Co. He was voted the top individual technology analyst on Wall Street between the years 1972 and 1977 inclusive, in the annual poll of major banks, funds and other institutional investing firms, published by Institutional Investor Magazine.
He founded Gartner Group (now called Gartner, Inc.) in 1979, and served as its CEO and Chairman through April 1991.
IT "advisory" firms are distinct from consultancies, in that they provide "continuous" advice to clients - defined in renewable (but open-ended) contracts which typically include a mix of "deliverables" including (but not limited to) content; client interaction with analysts and/or experts; and events. "Gartner Group became the preferred place a corporate client went when it had any question about the IT industry," noted one staffer.
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