243 Mark Leslie, from Zero to Billion Dollar Company in 10 Years

Mark Leslie was the founding Chairman and CEO of Veritas Software. During his tenure as CEO, the company went from 12 employees to 5,500 employees deployed globally, and from a revenue base of $95,000 per year to $1,500,000,000 per year. In 2000, Veritas was the 10th largest independent software company by revenue, third largest by market capitalization, and achieved the distinction of becoming a Fortune 1000 company.   From 1980 until 1990 he served as president and chief executive officer of two Silicon Valley high-tech start-up companies. His prior experience included sales management, sales executive, systems engineer, and OS programmer.   Mark Leslie is a successful retired entrepreneur and continues to be active in the Silicon Valley community.   Attend my one-day conference January 27th in Pittsburgh. Learn more here.   Connect with Mark LinkedIn Twitter   Resources The Sales Learning Curve by Mark Leslie & Charles A. Holloway   Subscribe