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Russ Artzt

Executive, ZoomInfo · 1 appearance on the record.

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In 1976, Artzt co-founded Computer Associates with Charles Wang and led its research and development for nearly four decades. After retiring in 2015, he founded Digital Associates and served as Executive Chairman of RingLead until its acquisition by ZoomInfo in 2021.

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2 assertions · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Russ argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Artzt: Computer Associates reached a billion-dollar valuation without outside funding
“And we got lucky. They sold immediately. You know, they weren't a failure. They sold and all of a sudden contracts are coming in, checks are coming in, and we never needed to raise outside money ever.”
Russ Artzt Feb 13, 2018 ▶ 16:47 934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

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Disclosure
Artzt: Received more than 10% equity to join RingLead
“More.”
Russ Artzt Feb 13, 2018 ▶ 5:12 934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How
Assertion Supported
Artzt: Computer Associates reached a billion-dollar valuation without outside funding
“And we got lucky. They sold immediately. You know, they weren't a failure. They sold and all of a sudden contracts are coming in, checks are coming in, and we never needed to raise outside money ever.”
Russ Artzt Feb 13, 2018 ▶ 16:47 934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Artzt: Greene grew CA's antivirus unit into a multi-hundred million dollar business
“He took our antivirus business and made it a leader, you know, made it a, you know, several hundred million dollar business.”
Russ Artzt Feb 13, 2018 ▶ 2:23 934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

The other half of the tape: Russ Artzt's own voice is left out of every number here. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Russ Artzt, by other people (1)

Assertion Supported
Greene: Russ Artzt built the world's first billion-dollar software company
“He was the first one ever, Nathan, to build the first billion-dollar software company in the world, right?”
Christopher Greene Feb 13, 2018 ▶ 1:40 934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How Feb 13, 2018 4m
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