Keith Teare

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Keith Teare
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Teare at iSummit'08, July 2008
Born27 August 1954
OccupationEntrepreneur
SpouseGené Teare
ChildrenDylan Teare, Liam Teare, Luke Teare
Website http://www.teare.com

Keith Teare (born 27 August 1954, in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire) is an English-American technology entrepreneur.

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Keith Teare has founded or co-founded several IT companies since the early 1980s.

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