Nathan Myhrvold

Nathan Myhrvold served as Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for fourteen years. After leaving Microsoft, he co-founded Intellectual Ventures in 2000, a company that he is the current CEO of. Intellectual Ventures is a company that, in some part, funds inventions and attains patents for them. In another major part of their business, they buy patents off the market and license them, obtaining revenue for themselves, their investors, and in some cases, the inventors of the patents.

1. Born: August 3, 1958
2. Alma Mater: University of California, Los Angeles
3. Major: mathematics, and master’s degree in geophysics and space physics
4. Started his undergraduate studies at age 14ref name=JudiciaryHouse.gov: Testimony of Nathan P. Myhrvold (April 28, 2005)</ref>
5. Completed his PhD in mathematical physics from Princeton University at age 23
6. Holds 18 U.S. patents, with more than 100 pending
7. Is an avid wildlife and nature photographer
8. Worked for Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University in England after graduating Princeton
9. 1984: CEO of Dynamical Systems
10. Dynamical Systems bought by Microsoft in 1986
11. Served as a member of the advisory board for Princeton's Department of Physics
12. Founded Microsoft Research