Scott McNealy is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and the founder and chairman of Wayin who has an estimated net worth of $1 billion. He co-founded the computer technology company along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim in 1982. He took over the position of Chief Executive Officer from Kosla in 1984 who resigned a year after. After 22 years, he stepped down from the position on April 24, 2006 and turned the job over to Jonathan Schwartz.

Mr. McNealy He served as the Vice President for Operations from February 1982 to February 1984. Between February 1984 and December 1984, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer. From December 1984 to April 1999, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Other positions included Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (April 1999 – July 2002), Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (July 2002-April 2004), Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (April 2004-April 2006). Scott McNealy was the Chairman of the Board of Directors from April 2006 until he resigned at the time of the merger on January 26, 2010.

McNealy was born in Columbus, Indiana on November 13, 1954. He is a graduate of Harvard University with a degree in economics and of Stanford Graduate School of Business for his MBA. Prior to Sun Microsystems, he was a manufacturing director at Onyx Systems, a vendor of microprocessor-based Unix systems.