Bill Godbout

William Joseph Godbout (October 2, 1939 – November 8, 2018) was an American computer designer and computer company executive. He is remembered as an early computer pioneer and entrepreneur, known for manufacturing and selling computer equipment, parts, and electronic kits in Silicon Valley, during the 1970s and 1980s. He is featured in the book The Silicon Boys, 1999, by David A. Kaplan about the pioneers of Silicon Valley.

Godbout and his company, Godbout Electronics (later CompuPro and Viasyn), were very influential in the early years of the personal computer market. Together with George Morrow, he worked on the very popular S-100 bus.