Blackjack to Board Member: Jon Hirschtick, MIT ’83, ‘86
Monday, February 25, 2019 at 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Building 35, 225
127 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, Cambridge, MA 02139
Join students from the Integrated Design & Management program in a lively discussion with Jon about his adventures in Vegas, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Jon Hirschtick’s rich past includes being a player on the MIT Blackjack Team (as featured in the movies “21" and "Breaking Vegas"), and director of engineering at Computervision before he even finished his Bachelor’s degree at MIT. Using $1 million he made while a member of the blackjack team, Hirschtick founded the SolidWorks Corporation in 1993. Under his leadership, SolidWorks revenue grew to $100 million, and was acquired by Dassault Systèmes in 1997. Hirschtick continued on as a group executive for the next 14 years, until In October 2012, when he left Solidworks and founded Belmont Technology (later changed to Onshape) with other members of the original SolidWorks team. Hirschtick is currently CEO and chair of the Board at Onshape.
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