Gil Amelio

He grew up in Miami Florida and graduated from Miami High School. To replace Copland and fulfill the need for a next generation operating system Amelio started negotiations to buy BeOS from Be Inc. [citation needed] In October 2005 Amelio joined the Board of Advisors to Vanguard PAC (now TheVanguard.

While at Georgia Tech Amelio was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He received a bachelor's degree master's degree and Ph. Gilbert Frank Amelio (born March 1 1943) is an American technology executive.