Robert Leff co-founded the
computer software
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distribution company Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics
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Softsel in 1980, and developed the venture into a $5 billion, multi-national
computer
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products distributor now named Merisel.
Softsel (originally called Robwin Computing) initially grew out of a distribution company Leff bought from
Sierra On-Line
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co-founder
Ken Williams.
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Board of Directors Rainmaker Systems
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Living people
American businesspeople
Year of birth missing (living people)
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