Paul Graham (programmer)
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Paul Graham (/ɡræm/; born 1964)[3] is an English-American computer scientist, writer, entrepreneur and investor. His work has included the programming language Lisp, the startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), co-founding the startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.
Paul Graham | |
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 Paul Graham, c. 2007 | |
| Born | (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 59)[1] Weymouth, Dorset, England[2] |
| Citizenship | British American |
| Education | Gateway High School |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BA) Harvard University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Viaweb Y Combinator Hacker News Hackers & Painters |
| Spouse | Jessica Livingston (m. 2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Thesis | The State of a Program and Its Uses (1990) |
| Website | paulgraham |
He is the author of the computer programming books On Lisp,[4] ANSI Common Lisp,[5] and Hackers & Painters.[6] Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a "hacker philosopher".[7]
Graham was born in England, where he and his family maintain permanent residence. He is also a citizen of the United States, where he earned his degrees, and resided in until 2016.