Artifact Details

Title

McKenna, Regis oral history, part 5 of 8

Catalog Number

102717388

Type

Moving image

Description

This interview is the fifth from an eight-interview series with Regis McKenna, whose pioneering work in technology marketing and business strategy contributed to the success of hundreds of companies for more than five decades. McKenna was a talented, innovative marketing professional from the earliest days of the technology revolution in Silicon Valley. He came to the Valley in 1963 at the age of 24, worked in marketing in the early semiconductor industry, and then established his own company, Regis McKenna Inc. (RMI), in 1970. McKenna became a globally sought-after strategist and marketing expert, and RMI opened numerous offices around the world. His personal and professional relationships at RMI included Steve Jobs, Robert Noyce and Andy Grove. His more than 700 clients included such legendary companies as Apple, Intel, and Genentech. He is the author of five best-selling business books and one of the most reprinted articles in the history of the Harvard Business Review, “Marketing is Everything” (1999). McKenna was recruited to many outside boards and advisory roles, among them his service as a founding advisory board member of the Computer History Museum’s Exponential Center.

The interviews took place at the Museum between June 13, 2018, and January 15, 2019. The interviewer was John Hollar, President and CEO of the Museum from 2008 to 2017.

This fifth interview session took place on October 5, 2018. It covers Regis’ experience with Apple under CEO John Sculley and the RMI client base in the 1980s and 1990s. The time period covered is roughly 1985 to 1999.

Date

2018-10-05

Participants

Hollar, John C., Interviewer
McKenna, Regis, Interviewee

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, CA

Duration

02:03:08

Format

MOV

Category

Oral history

Collection Title

CHM Oral History

Credit

Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X8675.2018