Paul J. Cormier is a business executive and chairman of Red Hat.

He previously was chief executive officer (CEO) from April 2020 to July 2022.

He attended the Fitchburg State University and did his master's degree at Rochester Institute of Technology.

[4][5][6] Cormier joined Red Hat in May 2001 as Executive Vice President of Engineering and initiated the commercialization of open source products by promoting cloud services.

[7][8] Cormier was appointed CEO of Red Hat on 6 April 2020, replacing Jim Whitehurst.