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Name	Description	Birthdate	Birthplace	Educated at	Founder of
Oleg Tinkov	Oleg Tinkov is a Russian businessman and investor.	December 25, 1967	‌ Leninsk-Kuznetsky (city)	Saint Petersburg Mining University University of California, Berkeley	Tinkoff Bank
Douglas Engelbart	Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor whose work helped develop technologies integral to modern computing, including the creation of the computer mouse, on-screen text editing, the interactive user interface, the remote computer network, and hyperlinking.	January 30, 1925	Portland, Oregon	Oregon State University University of Oregon Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon) University of California, Berkeley	‌ Augmentation Research Center
Andrew Grove	Andrew Grove is a former CEO and chairman of Intel. He is a Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, and author.	September 2, 1936	Budapest	University of California, Berkeley City College of New York	Intel
Steve Wozniak	American inventor, computer engineer and programmer	August 11, 1950	San Jose, California	University of Colorado Boulder Homestead High School (Cupertino, California) University of California, Berkeley University of Colorado De Anza College	Apple (company) Dock (cryptocurrency) ‌ Jazz Semiconductor Efforce
Daniel Kaufman (businessman)	Daniel Kaufman is an angel and real estate investor, entrepreneur, and chairman of Shoott.	February 20, 1974	Boston	Williams College University of Vermont ‌ BAC University of California, Berkeley	NeuCoin SHOOTT ‌ Kaufman Properties ‌ Dan Kaufman Real Estate
Shervin Pishevar	Shervin Pishevar is an Iranian-American investor, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.	March 24, 1974	Tehran	‌ Montgomery Blair High School University of California, Berkeley	Hyperoffice ACME Capital ‌ Sofreh Capital LP ‌ Seges Capital ‌ Social Gaming Network WebOS ‌ Ionside Interactive Virgin Hyperloop One
Eric Schmidt	Eric Schmidt is a businessman and prior CEO of technology companies Google and Novell.	April 27, 1955	Washington, D.C.	University of California, Berkeley Princeton University Yorktown High School (Virginia)	Jigsaw Schmidt Futures Innovation Endeavors Kyutai Schmidt Ocean Institute
Stockton Rush	Stockton Rush was the founder and chief executive officer of OceanGate.	1962	Seattle	University of California, Berkeley Princeton University Haas School of Business	OceanGate, Inc.
Auren Hoffman	Auren Hoffman is an entrepreneur and the founder of several companies, including LiveRamp and SafeGraph. He is an angel investor and has invested in more than 120 companies.	January 1, 1974	‌ Mamaroneck, New York	Mamaroneck High School University of California, Berkeley	Rapleaf TitleDock LiveRamp Dialog Flex Capital SafeGraph
Diane Greene	Diane Greene is an American entrepreneur, executive, investor, former CEO of Google Cloud, and co-founder and former CEO of VMware.	June 9, 1955	Rochester, New York	University of Vermont University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Bebop (company) VMware
Dawn Song	Dawn Song is a professor at University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and specializes in computer security. Song is founder and CEO of cloud computing company Oasis Labs.	January 1, 1975	China	Carnegie Mellon University University of California, Berkeley	Oasis Labs
Bobby Yazdani	Bobby Yazdani is an American investor and founder of Cota Capital, Signatures Capital, and Saba Software.	January 1, 1963		University of California, Berkeley	Signatures Capital Cota Capital Capella Space Saba Software
Silvio Micali	Italian-American computer scientist, professor, cryptographer and founder of Algorand.	October 13, 1954	Palermo	University of California, Berkeley Sapienza University of Rome	Algorand Foundation Algorand
Carolyn R. Bertozzi	Carolyn R. Bertozzi is an American chemist, professor at Stanford University, and winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Bertozzi's research on glycans is applied to disease research and the development of diagnostics and therapeutics.	October 10, 1966	Boston	Harvard University ‌ Lexington High School (Massachusetts) University of California, San Francisco University of California, Berkeley	InterVenn Biosciences
Edward Moncada	Founder of Blockfolio		Oklahoma	University of California, Berkeley	Blockfolio
Paul Veradittakit	Founder of 0 Ventures, Partner at Pantera Capital and focuses on the firm’s venture capital and hedge fund investments.			University of California, Berkeley	0 Ventures
Aravind Srinivas	Aravind Srinivas is CEO and cofounder of Perplexity AI.		Chennai	Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras University of California, Berkeley	Perplexity
Frances H. Arnold	Nobel Prize winning American scientist and engineer known for pioneering directed evolution methods for the generation of useful proteins.	July 25, 1956	Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Taylor Allderdice High School Princeton University University of California, Berkeley	Gevo, Inc Provivi
Masayoshi Son	A businessman and entrepreneur with one of the largest media companies in Japan, SoftBank. He was born in 1957 and lives in Tokyo, Japan.	August 11, 1957	Tosu, Saga	University of California, Berkeley	SoftBank Vision Fund SoftBank The SoftBank Group SoftBank Ventures Asia
Chuck Ng	founder of PreAngel, based in California			University of California, Berkeley INSEAD Tsinghua University	Project PAI ‌ PreAngel
Jann Wenner	American magazine founder	January 7, 1946	New York City	University of California, Berkeley	Rolling Stone
Christopher Ategeka	Christopher Ategeka (born July 10, 1984) is a serial entrepreneur, an engineer, a futurist, and one of the leading figures in the Unintended Consequences of technology movement.	July 10, 1984	Fort Portal	University of California, Berkeley	Privail
Octavio Paz	Mexican writer laureated with the 1990 nobel prize for literature	March 31, 1914	Mexico City	National Autonomous University of Mexico University of California, Berkeley ‌ Colegio Williams
Brian Behlendorf	Executive, director, and software programmer	March 30, 1973	California	‌ La Cañada High School University of California, Berkeley	SparkLabs Global Ventures The Apache Software Foundation (company)
Howard Wu	Founder of Dekrypt Capital			University of California, Berkeley	Aleo LEO Programming Language Dekrypt Capital

Oleg Tinkov is a Russian businessman and investor.

Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor whose work helped develop technologies integral to modern computing, including the creation of the computer mouse, on-screen text editing, the interactive user interface, the remote computer network, and hyperlinking.

Andrew Grove is a former CEO and chairman of Intel. He is a Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, and author.

American inventor, computer engineer and programmer

Daniel Kaufman is an angel and real estate investor, entrepreneur, and chairman of Shoott.

Shervin Pishevar is an Iranian-American investor, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist.

Eric Schmidt is a businessman and prior CEO of technology companies Google and Novell.

Stockton Rush was the founder and chief executive officer of OceanGate.

Auren Hoffman is an entrepreneur and the founder of several companies, including LiveRamp and SafeGraph. He is an angel investor and has invested in more than 120 companies.

Diane Greene is an American entrepreneur, executive, investor, former CEO of Google Cloud, and co-founder and former CEO of VMware.

Dawn Song is a professor at University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and specializes in computer security. Song is founder and CEO of cloud computing company Oasis Labs.

Bobby Yazdani is an American investor and founder of Cota Capital, Signatures Capital, and Saba Software.

Italian-American computer scientist, professor, cryptographer and founder of Algorand.

Carolyn R. Bertozzi is an American chemist, professor at Stanford University, and winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Bertozzi's research on glycans is applied to disease research and the development of diagnostics and therapeutics.

Founder of Blockfolio

Founder of 0 Ventures, Partner at Pantera Capital and focuses on the firm’s venture capital and hedge fund investments.

Aravind Srinivas is CEO and cofounder of Perplexity AI.

Nobel Prize winning American scientist and engineer known for pioneering directed evolution methods for the generation of useful proteins.

A businessman and entrepreneur with one of the largest media companies in Japan, SoftBank. He was born in 1957 and lives in Tokyo, Japan.

founder of PreAngel, based in California

American magazine founder

Christopher Ategeka (born July 10, 1984) is a serial entrepreneur, an engineer, a futurist, and one of the leading figures in the Unintended Consequences of technology movement.