Jonathan I. Schwartz

Jonathan I. Schwartz
Jonathan Schwartz speaking at the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, CA
Born	Jonathan Ian Schwartz (1965-10-20) October 20, 1965 (age 51)
Residence	United States
Nationality	American
Education	Wesleyan University

Jonathan Ian Schwartz (born October 20, 1965) is an American businessman. He is currently President, and Chief Executive Officer of CareZone, a firm devoted to lowering the price of prescription drugs for those facing chronic illness.

Before founding CareZone, Schwartz had a nearly 15-year tenure with Sun Microsystems, culminating in his serving as CEO just prior to and during the company's battle for survival during the American financial crisis, and its subsequent acquisition by Oracle.

He was also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse Design, Ltd., a software company focused on Apple's NeXTSTEP platform, which was ultimately acquired by Sun in 1996.

Schwartz was born in Southern California, and spent much of his childhood moving between the West coast and Washington, D.C., ultimately graduating in 1983 from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland. With aspirations of becoming an architect, in 1983 he entered college at Carnegie Mellon University, and subsequently transferred to Wesleyan University in 1984. At Wesleyan, he ran short of funds and was preparing to drop out, when a friend suggested he apply for a scholarship, the Gilbert Clee Scholarship. He was awarded the scholarship, which funded the remainder of his university expenses. He received dual degrees in mathematics and economics.

He is of mixed origin, a fact he did not discover until late in his life. He is one quarter Indian and one quarter Welsh on his mother's side, and one quarter Hungarian, and one quarter Russian on his father's side.

In 1987, Schwartz was nearly killed while riding on the Amtrak Colonial train that crashed in Chase, Maryland. He is cited in interviews as saying the incident had a profound impact on his life.