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Jim Rutt
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Jim Rutt (born 1954) is an American businessman and entrepreneur, the former CEO of Network Solutions, and the former chairman of the Santa Fe Institute.[2]

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Early life

In 1975, Rutt received a bachelor's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][3] He later ran technology operations for Thomson Corporation.[1]

Business career

Rutt was the CEO of Network Solutions, an American technology and Internet company.[4] He was hired in 1999 during the dot-com boom, and negotiated the company's $15 billion acquisition by Verisign, where it continued operating as an independent subsidiary.[5][6] In March 2001, after the acquisition, he subsequently stepped down from his position as a Verisign executive.[1] After retiring, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson appointed Rutt to serve on the State Investment Council.[7] In 2014, Rutt co-founded a makerspace in Staunton, Virginia with software engineer Dan Funk.[2]

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Activities

In 1981, Rutt was the first to use the term "snail mail" to describe conventional mail services, in contrast with email.[8] Rutt is a trustee of the Santa Fe Institute,[9] a multi-disciplinary research organization, and was its chairman before retiring in 2012.[2] He does research into the scientific study of consciousness and artificial general intelligence.[10]

He hosts a podcast called The Jim Rutt Show.

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