Dennis Austin, co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint, dies at 76

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Category : Obituaries Published on: September 13 2023

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Dennis Austin, one of the co-creators of Microsoft PowerPoint, has died at the age of 76.
Dennis Austin, along with Robert Gaskins, developed PowerPoint and introduced it in 1987.
Austin and Gaskins were both part of the software company Forethought, which was later acquired by Microsoft for $14 million shortly after the launch of PowerPoint, which was originally named Presenter.
Initially, PowerPoint was available exclusively for the Macintosh platform.
Dennis R. Austin was the lead software developer of PowerPoint from 1985 to 1996, focusing on versions for Apple Macintosh computers.

Dennis Austin, co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint, dies at 76