Alan F. Shugart

person The man who founded Shugart Associates and later

co-founded Seagate Technology. Alan Shugart left Shugart

Associates in 1974 [did he quit or was he fired?] and took a

break from the disk-drive business. In 1979, he and FinisConner founded a new company that at first was called Shugart

Technology and later Seagate Technology.

(2000-02-09)