interest of young people in technical careers. Personal life Truchard lives in Austin, Texas in a house overlooking Lake Austin. He had four children with his wife Lee, who died in 2012 after prolonged illness. In August 2015 he married Marci Truchard. As of March 2018, he is worth an estimated $1.1 billion. Truchard is heavily invested in the advancement and curing of Alzheimer's disease and funds projects, such as the Oskar Fischer Project, to do so. References External links National Instruments Website 1943 births American chief executives American inventors Living people People from Austin, Texas Cockrell School of Engineering alumni American billionaires American electrical engineers Control theorists