Alan F. Shugart
Alan Shugart led the IBM team that developed the first commercial floppy disk drive and later founded Shugart Associates, which pioneered the 5.25-inch floppy drive.
Key facts
- Role
- Inventor
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2006
Alan Shugart led the IBM team that developed the first commercial floppy disk drive and later founded Shugart Associates, which pioneered the 5.25-inch floppy drive.