CHARLES B. WANG
Name: Charles B. Wang
Born:August 19, 1944
Charles B. Wang (Chinese) (born August 19, 1944) is
the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. (now CA, Inc.) and
owner of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. He was born in Shanghai, but
moved to Queens, NY, when he was eight years old. He attended the elite Brooklyn
Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He earned a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Queens College in New York, and began working at Columbia
University. In 1976, Wang started Computer Associates on credit cards at the age
of 31. He has since authored two books to help executives master technology:
Techno Vision (1994, McGraw-Hill) and Techno Vision II (1997, McGraw-Hill). Wang
retired from Computer Associates in 2002.
He is currently the majority owner of the New York Islanders hockey franchise,
which he became part-owner of in 2000 and he later bought out the share of
business partner Sanjay Kumar in 2004, and the New York Dragons Arena football
franchise. He is the master developer of the Lighthouse, the transformation of
the Nassau Coliseum and surrounding 77 acres. The project will include a five-star
hotel; condominiums; an Athletic Complex featuring four ice rinks, a basketball
facility and state-of-the-art health club that will serve as the Islanders’
practice facility and also be open to the public; a Sports Technology Center;
open air plaza; and conference center.
He is also founder of Plainview Properties, a real estate firm which recently
announced a major development, Old Plainview — a traditional village combining
townhouses, apartments, offices, restaurants, a Hyatt hotel and recreation space
using.
Name: Charles B. Wang
Born:August 19, 1944
Charles B. Wang (Chinese) (born August 19, 1944) is
the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. (now CA, Inc.) and
owner of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. He was born in Shanghai, but
moved to Queens, NY, when he was eight years old. He attended the elite Brooklyn
Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He earned a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Queens College in New York, and began working at Columbia
University. In 1976, Wang started Computer Associates on credit cards at the age
of 31. He has since authored two books to help executives master technology:
Techno Vision (1994, McGraw-Hill) and Techno Vision II (1997, McGraw-Hill). Wang
retired from Computer Associates in 2002.
He is currently the majority owner of the New York Islanders hockey franchise,
which he became part-owner of in 2000 and he later bought out the share of
business partner Sanjay Kumar in 2004, and the New York Dragons Arena football
franchise. He is the master developer of the Lighthouse, the transformation of
the Nassau Coliseum and surrounding 77 acres. The project will include a five-star
hotel; condominiums; an Athletic Complex featuring four ice rinks, a basketball
facility and state-of-the-art health club that will serve as the Islanders’
practice facility and also be open to the public; a Sports Technology Center;
open air plaza; and conference center.
He is also founder of Plainview Properties, a real estate firm which recently
announced a major development, Old Plainview — a traditional village combining
townhouses, apartments, offices, restaurants, a Hyatt hotel and recreation space
using.