Tim O'Reilly

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Tim O'Reilly
Image:Tim O'Reilly.jpg Tim O'Reilly at the MIX06 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
Born	1954 Cork, Ireland
Occupation	Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media
Website	http://tim.oreilly.com

Tim O'Reilly (Irish: Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh, 1954-) was born in Cork, Ireland. He is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) and a supporter of the free software and open source movements. He is widely credited with coining the term Web 2.0.

O'Reilly was initially interested in literature upon graduating from high school, but after graduating from Harvard College in 1975 with a B.A. cum laude in Classics he became involved in the field of computer manuals. He defines his company not as a book or online publisher, or as a conference producer (though the company does all three), but as a technology transfer company, "changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators." O'Reilly is on the board of CollabNet, and was on the board of Macromedia until its 2005 merger with Adobe. In March 2007, he joined MySQL AB’s Board of Directors.

In 2001, O'Reilly was involved in a dispute with Amazon.com, leading a protest against Amazon's one-click patent, and specifically, Amazon's assertion of that patent against rival barnesandnoble.com. The protest ended with O'Reilly and Jeff Bezos visiting Washington D.C. to lobby for patent reform.

In December 2006, O'Reilly's publishing firm donated $10,000 to Creative Commons, demonstrating his interest in the Free Culture movement.

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Tim O'Reilly interview - O'Reilly on Linux PC Pro interview covering Linux, Java and books
- The Trend Spotter Wired Magazine profile - October 2005, "Tim O'Reilly built an empire on computer manuals and conferences that make sense of new technologies. Along the way he became the guru of the participation age."
Tim O'Reilly on social media video, November 2007