"Caren DeWitt Merrick is an American entrepreneur who co-founded webMethods with her husband Phillip Merrick in 1996. webMethods is the most successful software IPO to date, with the fourth most successful debut on the NASDAQ. Caren and Phillip also founded the webMethods Foundation in 2001, the year of their IPO, a private family foundation named after their successful company. The purpose of the foundation was to help lower income families, primarily in the area of education."@en . "Merrick, Caren"@en . "American businessman" .