Roger Sippl: key obituary facts
Is Roger Sippl dead? Yes. Roger Sippl died on November 9, 2026, at age 71.
Cause of death: Roger Sippl's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Roger Sippl known for?
He was an American businessman (born 1955).
More about Roger Sippl
Born: 22 February 1955.
Gender: male.
Occupation: entrepreneur, computer scientist, poet.
Education: University of California, Irvine.
Also known as: Roger J Sippl, Roger Sippl.
Roger Sippl, an American entrepreneur in the computer software industry, died November 9, 2026, aged 71.
A founder and chief executive of several technology companies, he was described by The Wall Street Journal in 2012 as a serial entrepreneur. Sippl founded and led Informix Corporation, which later became IBM Informix.
He also co-founded Vantive Corporation, serving as its chairman, and founded and led Visigenic. Informix, Vantive and Visigenic were among the three companies he took public. Later, he founded and served as chief executive of Elastic Intelligence, based in Menlo Park, California. Sippl grew up in Wausau, Wisconsin, as the sixth of seven children. His father, Charles J. Sippl Jr., wrote what the supplied biographical account describes as the first computer dictionary, in 1963. After attending Corona del Mar High School in California, Sippl studied at the University of California, Irvine, initially pursuing premedical studies. He later transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied biochemistry, immunology and computer science. His education and work brought together scientific and technical interests, while his career was marked by leadership across software ventures, from Informix to Elastic Intelligence.