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Edward Botwinick is an American businessman, investor, and IT industry entrepreneur.cite-ref-0-1-0[1]

• Biography

• Personal life and family

• References

Botwinick graduated from Columbia College with a BA in 1956 and the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science with a BS in 1958.cite-ref-columbia-college-today-2-0[2]

Upon graduating from Columbia, Botwinick worked for US Semiconductor Corporation before co-founding Silicon Transistor Corporation. After the company went public, it was acquired in 1963. From 1963 to 1967, Botwinick was president and a shareholder Quantum Inc. He then joined Goldman Sachs as Vice President of high-tech investment research and venture capital.cite-ref-0-1-1[1]cite-ref-3[3]

At Goldman, Botwinick, he learned of the opportunity to invest in American Data Systems, the company behind Time-division multipliers.cite-ref-0-1-2[1] He then invested, and co-founded Timeplex and became chairman and CEO of the company in 1977.cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[5] In the next few years, he led the company to launch a number of successful statistical multiplexer products, including the T-1 multiplexers, and made it one of the first companies to use microprocessors in its systems.cite-ref-6[6]cite-ref-1-7-0[7]

In 1987, Unisys acquired Timeplex for $307 million and Botwinick became Senior Vice President of Unisys and President of Unisys Networks.cite-ref-0-1-3[1]cite-ref-8[8]cite-ref-9[9] He retired from Unisys in 1989.cite-ref-10[10]

Botwinick sat on the board of Duke Cancer Institute and Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, and was a trustee of Columbia University.cite-ref-1-7-1[7]cite-ref-columbia-college-today-2-1[2] He currently serves as a president of the Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation.cite-ref-11[11]cite-ref-12[12]

Botwinick's father was Benjamin Botwinick, businessman and philanthropist who founded Benjamin Botwinick & Co., a New York City accounting firm.cite-ref-13[13] His sister, Elaine Botwinick, was married to World Bank president James Wolfensohn.cite-ref-14[14]cite-ref-15[15]

cite-note-0-11. ↑ Botwinick, Edward interview. Edward Botwinick , James L. Pelkey. Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Computer History Museum. 1988-03-10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

cite-note-columbia-college-today-22. ↑ citerefcolumbia-college-columbia-university-office-of-alumni-affairs-and-developmentcolumbia-college-columbia-university-1988Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1988). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefpelkeyrussellrobbins2022Pelkey, James L.; Russell, Andrew L.; Robbins, Loring G. (2022-04-19). Circuits, Packets, and Protocols: Entrepreneurs and Computer Communications, 1968-1988. Morgan & Claypool. ISBN 978-1-4503-9729-2.

cite-note-44. ↑ "Timeplex | History of Computer Communications". historyofcomputercommunications.info. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

cite-note-55. ↑ Computerworld. International Data Group. 1981-02-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

cite-note-66. ↑ Network World. IDG Network World Inc. 1986-11-10.

cite-note-1-77. ↑ "Columbia Engineering Magazine - Spring 2012 by Columbia Engineering School - Issuu". issuu.com. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

cite-note-88. ↑ "TIMEPLEX-CENTRED UNISYS NETWORKS WILL LEAD BIDS FOR CORPORATE NETWORK SALES". Tech Monitor. 1988-02-15. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

cite-note-99. ↑ citerefenterprise1988Enterprise, I. D. G. (1988-02-08). Computerworld. IDG Enterprise.

cite-note-1010. ↑ "EXECUTIVE CHANGES". The New York Times. 1989-02-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

cite-note-1111. ↑ citerefroberts2013Roberts, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon (2013-05-09). "Botwinick Wolfensohn Foundation Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2022-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

cite-note-1212. ↑ "The Trustees Emeriti | Office of the Secretary". secretary.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

cite-note-1313. ↑ citerefschool2017School, Columbia Business (2017-06-12). "About Benjamin Botwinick '26". The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics. Retrieved 2022-06-29. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

cite-note-1414. ↑ "Elaine Wolfensohn | Albright Institute". www.wellesley.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

cite-note-1515. ↑ citerefhershey2020Hershey, Robert D. Jr. (2020-11-26). "James D. Wolfensohn, Who Led the World Bank for 10 Years, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-29.