# Andrew "Flip" Filipowski

> Andrew “Flip” Filipowski is a Chicago-born software entrepreneur and investor, currently chair and co-founder of Fluree. He founded Platinum technology, sold to Computer Associates for $3.5 billion in 1999, led divine before its 2003 bankruptcy, and co-founded SilkRoad Technology, now Rival, with Brian Platz. His later work focuses on enterprise data infrastructure.

- **Role:** Chair of the Board and Co-Founder at Fluree
- **Organizations:** Fluree, Platinum technology, divine, SilkRoad Technology (now Rival), Cullinet, SilkRoad Equity, Tally Capital
- **From:** Chicago, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Harvard Business School, University of Illinois at Chicago, St. John’s Northwestern
- **Known for:** Founded and led Platinum technology through its 1999 acquisition for $3.5 billion., Co-founded SilkRoad Technology, which reported more than 1,500 customers in over 50 countries in 2010., Co-founded Fluree with Brian Platz.

## Career timeline

- **1950** — Born in Chicago; exact birth date is not established in the reviewed material.
- **Before 1987** — Worked at Cullinet, including as chief operating officer.
- **1987** — Founded Platinum technology.
- **1999** — Computer Associates acquired Platinum for $3.5 billion; Filipowski began divine interVentures.
- **2003** — Divine filed for Chapter 11; co-founded SilkRoad Technology with Brian Platz.
- **2005** — Spoke at Harvard Business School’s Entrepreneurship Conference.
- **2010** — SilkRoad announced a $40 million equity round led by Intel Capital and Tenaya Capital.
- **2014** — Exited SilkRoad Technology with Platz, according to their Innovation Quarter interview.
- **2016** — Fluree incorporated as a public benefit corporation.
- **2019** — Fluree announced a $4.73 million seed round.
- **2023** — SilkRoad Technology rebranded as Rival, after Filipowski’s earlier leadership tenure.
- **2026** — Fluree lists him as board chair and co-founder; a federal appeals court affirmed rejection of his tax settlement offer.

## Achievements

- Founded and led Platinum technology through its 1999 acquisition for $3.5 billion.
- Co-founded SilkRoad Technology, which reported more than 1,500 customers in over 50 countries in 2010.
- Co-founded Fluree with Brian Platz.
- Named among Upside Magazine’s Top 100 influential people in information technology, as recorded in Fluree’s official biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — On September 2, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Tax Court decision upholding the IRS’s rejection of his offer to settle approximately $140 million in liabilities for $1.5 million; he had challenged the rejection.
- **2026-06** — Fluree announced a knowledge graph database for agentic AI on June 23; its current leadership page lists Filipowski as chair of the board and co-founder.

## Links

- Website: https://www.flur.ee/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewflipfilipowski

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