Mike Fischer

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Mike David Fischer CBE, co-founder of Research Machines.

Mike Fischer graduated with a physics degree from Oxford University.

In 1973, with Mike O'Regan (who had an economics degree from Cambridge), Fischer co-founded Research Machines, a British microcomputer and then software company for the educational market. He was CEO for 24 years and became a non-executive director and Lifetime President in 1997. He stood down as a non-executive director in 2004, but retains his positive as Lifetime President of the company.

Founder of Fischer Family Trust which runs projects to improve the use of data in UK education system.

[edit] References

• A valuable beginning by Mike Fischer.
• RM plc – Change to Directorate from Research Machines.
• Research Machines history from VT100.net.