Редактирование: Leonard Zubkoff (раздел)

== Life and education ==
He was born in Seattle, Washington and earned a master's degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University after graduating summa cum laude in mathematics and physics at the University of Rochester. He moved to the Bay Area in 1985 to become the principal scientist for a Menlo Park company developing artificial intelligence software.<ref name="Lancer Alumni">[https://www.lee-high-alumni.org/Leonard%20Zubkoff.htm In Memoriam]. lee-high-alumni.org</ref>

In 1994, he joined Oracle Corp., the database software giant located in Redwood Shores, as principal member of its technical staff. He worked at Oracle by day and spent nights at home refining an alternative "open source" computer operating system known as Linux, to make it run better and faster on all kinds of computers. He continued that work when he joined VA Linux Systems, Inc., a Fremont company later known as VA Software Corp., as chief technical officer in 1998. He retired in 2001 and moved to Crystal Bay, Nevada.<ref name="Lancer Alumni" />