A former chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff is taking over as the chairman of Red Hat Inc.
Red Hat's board of directors has elected retired Army Gen. Hugh Shelton to succeed former chief executive Matthew Szulik, the company said.
Shelton, a native of North Carolina, has been a member of Red Hat's board since 2003. He served in the Special Forces in Vietnam and commanded the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg before becoming the Joint Chiefs chairman in 1997. He retired from the Army in 2001.
Red Hat makes open-source software, primarily for business customers.
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement