Greg Whitten

He then worked for Microsoft from 1979 to 1998. He developed the standards for the company's BASIC compiler line. "GW" in the name of the GW-BASIC dialect (first released 1983) of BASIC developed by Microsoft may have come from Greg Whitten's initials: "The GW-BASIC name stands for Gee-Whiz BASIC. The GW- name was picked by Bill Gates. He is the one who knows whether it was Gee-Whiz or after me because it has been used both ways. I did set the directions for the BASIC language features after joining the company in 1979." : - Greg Whitten, 13 Apr 2005 As a chief software architect, he also oversaw the development of the enterprise support systems required in Windows for the Microsoft Office. ==Numerix 1998–2013==

In 1998 he became member of the board of Numerix, a financial software company established 1996, where he had made a major investment and in 2001 was elected Boardman after another major investment. After being its CEO 2003–13, he was succeeded by Steve O'Hanlon. ==Car collector==

He is also a vintage car enthusiast and has a famous car collection that contains various Ferraris including his first, a Ferrari F40, a Ferrari Enzo (#131632), a Ferrari 250 GTO (#3413GT, 2000–2018), a Ferrari 250 LM (#5907, 1994–2005), a Ferrari 250 GT TdF (#0703GT, 1997–), a Ferrari F50 (#104163, 1995–2004), and two LaFerrari, of which one is the unique in blue electrics. His Ferrari 250 GTO sold for $48.8 million at a public auction in August 2018. ==References==