Rob Glaser
Born	January 16, 1962 (1962-01-16)
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	business executive - founder and CEO of RealNetworks
Religious beliefs	Jewish[citation needed]
Spouse(s)	Sarah Block (wife #2, m. 2000)[1] Unknown (m. 2004)[2]

Rob Glaser (born January 16, 1962)^[1] is the founder of RealNetworks (1994) which produced RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, and Helix, among other products and services. Before founding RealNetworks, he had become a millionaire by working for Microsoft for ten years.

Glaser is a graduate of Yale University with an MA degree in Economics and a BS degree in Computer Science.

Glaser was the 22nd largest individual donor to 527 groups in the 2004 US election, donating over $2.2 million to pro-Democratic organizations.^[3] He was the leading creditor to Air America Radio, loaning at least $9.8 million according to its bankruptcy filing. (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013062airamerica1.html)

[edit] External links

• No. 41 Rob Glaser: Bit Streamer - Time Digital Top 50 (1999)^[4]
• Rob Glaser, Moving Target - interview by Randall Rothenberg writing for Wired Magazine (August, 1999)
• RealNetwork's CEO Rob Glaser - interview by Lance Ulanoff writing for PC Magazine (April 21, 2003)
• Can Glaser and Jobs find harmony? - interview by John Borland writing for c/net news.com (August 17, 2004)
• Free Fall Radio: Air America Goes Bankrupt - Page 3 of the Chapter 11 filing from The Smoking Gun (13 October 2006)
• Rethinkng Mobile Data Plans - On the Hot Seat with Rob Glaser - interview by Sue Marek for FierceMobileContent (December 18, 2007)
• Big Audio Dynamite - biographical interview with Steve Homer in the Independent Newspaper (7 Feb 2000)

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "'Rob Glaser' in "NNDB tracking the entire world"". http://www.nndb.com/people/547/000044415/. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
2. ^ "Dave and Friends: Rob Glaser wedding reception". http://www.dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056220. Retrieved September 23, 2009. 
3. ^ ""Top Individual Contributors to 527 Committees, 2004 Election Cycle"". 2004. http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527indivs.asp?cycle=2004. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
4. ^ "Time Digital Top 50 (1999)". Time magazine. 1999. http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/41.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 

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