Atari Stock Certificate handsigned by founder Jack Tramiel. With Authentication by Beckett Authentication Services. Jack Tramiel Signature on an Atari Stock Certificate, front and back, which appears to be a Request to the Transfer Agent to Issue 100,000 Shares instead of the 69,048 shares issued in error. Authenticated by Beckett Authentication Services, the industry standard for price guides and autograph authentication from all genres and eras. Jack Tramiel, a Holocaust concentration camp survivor, was a prominent entrepreneur and business magnate in the computer industry. He is best known as the founder of two iconic companies, Commodore International and Atari Corporation, which played significant roles in shaping the early personal computer and gaming industries. In the early 1950s, Tramiel started his business career by founding a typewriter repair company in the Bronx, New York. He eventually expanded the business to include office equipment and calculators. In the 1970s, recognizing the emerging potential of the burgeoning computer industry, he shifted his focus towards manufacturing affordable electronic devices. Under his leadership, Commodore transitioned into the home computer market and released the highly successful Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) in 1977. The PET became one of the earliest commercially successful personal computers and helped establish Commodore as a prominent player in the industry. Tramiel’s tenure at Commodore witnessed further success with the release of the Commodore VIC-20 in 1980 and the Commodore 64 in 1982. In 1984, following a power struggle within Commodore, Tramiel resigned and later acquired the struggling video game company Atari Inc. He renamed the company Atari Corporation and focused on producing personal computers and gaming consoles. Despite facing intense competition from companies like Nintendo and Sega, Tramiel managed to keep Atari afloat by releasing products like the Atari ST computer series and the Atari Lynx handheld gaming console.