The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) | Full Cast

Paul Sen

DIRECTOR

Robert X. Cringely

Self (host

Steve Jobs

Self (co-founder, Apple Computer)

Douglas Adams

Self (author)

Bill Gates

Self (co-founder, Microsoft)

Steve Wozniak

Self (co-founder, Apple Computer)

Larry Ellison

Self (founder and president, Oracle)

Paul Allen

Self (co-founder, Microsoft)

Steve Ballmer

Self (vice-president, Microsoft)

Ted Nelson

Self

Gary Kildall

Self (founder, Digital Research)

Eddy Curry

Self

Andy Hertzfeld

Self (designer, Macintosh Development Team)

Tim Patterson

Self (programmer)

Bill Atkinson

Self (designer, Macintosh Development Team)

John Sculley

Self (president, Apple Computer, 1983-1993)

Gordon Moore

Self (co-founder, Intel)

Charles Simonyi

Self (chief programmer, Microsoft)

Rod Canion

Self (co-founder, Compaq)

Jim Warren

Self (founder, West Coast Computer Faire 1978)

Ed Roberts

Self (founder, MITS)

Jack Sams

Self (former IBM executive)

Arthur Rock

Self (venture capitalist)

Christine Comaford

Self (CEO, Corporate Computing International)

Rich Seidner

Self (former IBM programmer)

John E. Warnock

Self

Dana Muise

Self (founder, Hypnovista)

Bob Frankston

Self (VisiCalc programmer)

Bill Murto

Self (co-founder, Compaq)

Doug Muise

Self (software designer)

Sparky Sparks

Self (former IBM executive)

Marv Goldschmitt

Self

Jim Cannavino

Self (former head, PC division, IBM)

Joe Krause

Self (president, Architext Software)

Dan Bricklin

Self (VisiCalc inventor)

David Bunnell

Self (founder, PC World and Macworld magazines)

Bill Lowe

Self (Head, IBM PC Development Team 1980)

Mark Van Haren

Self (programmer, Architext Software)

Harry Garland

Self

Claude Stern

Self (Silicon Valley attorney)

Roger Melen

Self

Jean Richardson

Self (former VP, corporate communications, Microsoft)

Chris Espinosa

Self (manager, Media Tools, Apple)

Lee Felsenstein

Self

Adele Goldberg

Self (former Xerox PARC researcher; founder, PARC Place Systems)

Jeff Raikes

Self (vice-president, Microsoft)

Vern Raburn

Self (former vice-president, Microsoft; president, The Paul Allen Group)

Gordon Eubanks

Self (former head of language research, Digital Research)

Larry Tesler

Self (former Xerox PARC researcher; chief scientist, Apple Computer)

Esther Dyson

Self (computer industry analyst)

Bob Metcalfe

Self (former Xerox PARC researcher; founder, 3Com)

Sam Albert

Self (former IBM executive)

Bob Taylor

Self (former head of computer science lab, Xerox PARC)