Professor Jon Burgstone, a businessman and professor, was CEO and co-founder of SupplierMarket . Burgstone sold the startup company to Ariba 362 days after it was launched, for $1.1 billion USD. This is believed to be the fastest $0 to $1B company in high-tech history.

Professor Jon Burgstone graduated from Harvard Business School, after achieving finalist status in HBS's "Business Plan Contest" with his SupplierMarket concept. Burgstone is also a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois

Currently Jon Burgstone is a private investor and Faculty Chairman of The Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. Burgstone also actively works to expand education and to improve human rights.

External link

• Biography at UCB IEOR
• Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology