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"No individual has had a greater impact on the lives of LGBTQ Utahns" than Bruce Bastian, who "was our mentor and benefactor, and most importantly, our friend," says the executive director of Equality Utah.
Bastian, co-founder of WordPerfect and a key figure in Utah's tech and LGBTQ communities, died Sunday morning at the age of 76, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
A family friend says Bastian died from complications associated with pulmonary fibrosis.
WordPerfect, originally designed for the city of Orem, became immensely popular in the '80s and '90s.
By 1990, the company employed more than 7,000 people.
Bastian and WordPerfect co-founder Alan Ashton were ranked 208th and 209th on Forbes' annual list of the 400 richest people in America in 1991, with a net worth of $475 million and $600 million, respectively.
That year, the privately owned company, with Bastian as chairman, ranked fourth among personal computer software publishersahead of Microsoft, Lotus, and Novell.
In 1994, Novell, also based in Utah, bought WordPerfect and put Bastian on its board of directors; he resigned a year later.
Bastian shared much of his fortune through the WB Bastian Foundation, which has provided grants to dozens of LGBTQ organizations and arts nonprofits over the years
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