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Esther Dyson

Esther Dyson

Esther Dyson is a Swiss-American investor, journalist, author, businesswoman, commentator, and philanthropist.

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Investor
Investor
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Founder of
EDventure Holdings
EDventure Holdings
Wellville
Wellville
Birthdate
July 14, 1951
Birthplace
Zürich
Zürich
Child of
Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
Verena Huber-Dyson
Verena Huber-Dyson
Location
United States
United States
Educated at
Harvard University
Harvard University
Occupation
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Business executive
Investor
Investor
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
0
Journalist
Journalist
Invested in
Block
Block
Swvl
Swvl
Science Exchange (company)
Science Exchange (company)
Displair
Displair
SkyGrid
SkyGrid
Rewind Me
Rewind Me
Lanyrd
Lanyrd
Vizu
Vizu
...
Wellfound ID
esther-dyson
ISNI
00000001095645800
Open Library ID
OL232876A0
VIAF
155078540

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AngelList URL
angel.co/p/esther-dyson
Citizenship
United States
United States
Father
Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
Member of Board of Directors of
Prognos Health
Prognos Health
Mother
Verena Huber-Dyson
Verena Huber-Dyson
Wikidata ID
Q34896

Esther Dyson is a journalist, author, commentator, and investor. She is the founder of Wellville and the founding chairman of ICANN from 1998 to 2000. Dyson's investments are centered on health care, open government, digital technology, biotechnology, and outer space. She is the author of the bestselling book Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age.

Career

Esther Dyson graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1972. She wrote for Forbes Magazine from 1974-77, after which she became a Wall Street securities analyst specializing in electronics and technology. Dyson worked for New Court Securities from 1977-80 and Oppenheimer & Co. from 1980-82.

In 1980 Dyson founded EDventure Holdings, an information technology and new media company. She began writing for Rosen's Electronic News, an industry newsletter, in 1982. She purchased the newsletter the following year and renamed it Release 1.0. Dyson began investing in the late 1980s. In her 1997 book Release 2.0 she explored issues concerning the evolution of the internet. She wrote for The New York Times on similar topics in her column, Release 3.0, beginning in January 2000.

Dyson later sold EDventure Holdings to CNet Networks in 2004. She founded the non-profit Wellville in 2013. Wellville is a ten-year national nonprofit project to achieve "equitable wellbeing".

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Esther Dyson

https://prabook.com/web/esther.dyson/960150

Web

ICANN History Project | Interview with Esther Dyson, ICANN Board Chair (1998-2000) (Part 2) [111E]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxJ4EGTB6tc

Web

February 24, 2020

TEDxMidAtlantic - Esther Dyson - 11/5/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUca32zv56Y

Web

December 13, 2010

The Way to Wellville and Other Places | Esther Dyson | TEDxNavesink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1H3YVpWEtg

Web

April 28, 2015

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