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Founder

Alvy Ray Smith

Alvy Ray Smith founded Pixar (1986), and previously worked at Lucasfilm and Xerox PARC.

American filmmaker, Pixar co-founder (born 1943)

Media & Entertainment Since 1986

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Companies founded by Alvy Ray Smith

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Media & Entertainment · USA

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Co-founded Pixar

Co-founded Pixar

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Where Alvy Ray Smith worked or built before — the roots of the lineage.

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Lucasfilm Private

Media & Entertainment · United States

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Xerox PARC Private

Also came from Xerox PARC

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Bertrand Serlet

French software engineer and businessman

Charles Geschke

American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe (1939–2021)

American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)

Indian-American business executive (born 1953)

Also came from Lucasfilm

See the Lucasfilm mafia →

Computer scientist and co-founder of Pixar (born 1945)