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Anthony J. Tether (born circa. 1941) is an American businessman, scientist and the former Director of the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, from June 18, 2001, until February 20, 2009. Tether is a graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor degree in electrical engineering, in 1964. He went on to achieve a Master of Science and then a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1965 and 1969, respectively. Tether served as CEO and President of The Sequoia Group from 1996 to 2001, a company he had founded in 1996.

Tether began his career in the sciences in 1969 when he was Executive Vice President Systems Control Inc, he held this position 9 years, from 1969 until 1978. He then began working for the US government, specifically in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a Director of National Intelligence, he served in this post from 1978 until 1982.