Tim Gill

Tim Gill born 18 October 1953

Tim Gill is an American computer software entrepreneur and gay rights activist.

Early in his life, Gill showed both interest and talent in computer science first at Wheat Ridge High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, eventually studying the subject at University of Colorado at Boulder. After two jobs in high-tech at HP and a consulting services firm, Gill started his company, Quark, with a $2,000 loan from his parents. Quark produced successful page layout software for the graphics market. Later, the company expanded into data storage devices, which brought Quark to the brink of bankruptcy and forced Gill to lay off half of his work force in 1981. With the introduction to Farhad (Fred) Ebrahimi later that year and the monumental success of QuarkXPress, Gill became a multi-millionaire.

The passage of Colorado Amendment 2, designed to prevent laws banning discrimination against gays, in 1992 prompted Gill to become involved in LGBT political action and is now the foremost leading funder in that movement. His foundations, based in Denver and Colorado Springs are the Gill Foundation and the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado. His political endeavours, which are separate from his charitable foundation, are directed through the Gill Action Fund.

Gill and his partner Scott Miller live in Denver, Colorado.

Gill Foundation